The DNC Platform: “The new platform articulates support for parents who opt their children out of standardized tests, and opposes the use of test scores to evaluate teachers and administrators. The platform also is more conditional in its support for charter schools–stating that they must “accept and retain proportionate numbers of students of color, students with disabilities, and English language learners,” and that charters must not “replace or destabilize traditional public schools.””
I have wondered what are the “asks” of HC’s loyal base of POC supporters and not gotten much feedback. So I was surprised to come across this clear ASK, that gets almost NO MSM coverage…Stopping the privatization of public schools.
A comprehensive article on the anti-charter efforts of NAACP since 2010. I would hope there is better support than the DNC platform admits.
https:/cloakinginequity.com/2016/07/28/naacp-has-weighed-in-do-charterscivil-rights
Now is not the time to ask and look for an answer on this issue. Likely been a terrible conundrum for the NAACP since 2009. Charters initially targeted the AA community. And the opportunity for AA children to attend “better” schools was difficult to resist. Sort of like seeing AA home ownership increase when sub-prime loans hit the marketplace. However, by 2009 the evidence on charters was clear. Just as the first AA POTUS took office and Arne Duncan (Obama’s choice), his administration was doubling down on increasing charters.
No different from the anti-war and pro-single payer factions in the Dem party that went completely silent with Obama in the WH. And IMHO, their silence and lack of criticism is a larger failure than that of the AA community not making noise about charters.