NAACP members call for ban on privately managed charter schools
Lesser of two evils. Black communities in the U.S. are in a tough situation: one party is openly hostile and racist, and the other props up teachers&#x27; unions and failing school districts (not to mention &quot;think of the children&quot; tough-on-crime policies) that do tremendous real damage too.<p>In D.C.--a city where student performance continues to be abysmal despite nearly double the per-capita funding of surrounding &quot;rich&quot; counties--some of the most well-regarded schools in heavily-minority neighborhoods are charters. Indeed, D.C. charters educate about 45% of the students and are outperforming the district schools, despite having poorer students and less funding: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usnews.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;knowledge-bank&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;05&#x2F;washington-dc-shows-why-charter-schools-are-taking-off;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usnews.com&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;knowledge-bank&#x2F;2015&#x2F;10&#x2F;05&#x2F;wash...</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;education&#x2F;more-dc-students-are-attending-highest-performing-charter-schools-ratings-show&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;13&#x2F;3d0a4cf0-6b57-11e4-a31c-77759fc1eacc_story.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;local&#x2F;education&#x2F;more-dc-stude...</a><p>Educating kids in poor minority neighborhoods is hard enough. There is no reason to hamstring the process--indeed, to make it intractable--by running schools like General Motors circa 1960.