No, Charter Schools Aren’t Resegregating American Education
No, Charter Schools Aren’t Resegregating American Education (Op-Ed)
National Review | May 27, 2024
Thomas Fordham Institute's Daniel Buck responds to recent reports on resegregation in American education. Buck notes that charter schools have been the schools of choice for many black and Hispanic families, hire black teachers, and have been "one of the few bright spots in the American educational landscape." Buck: "Indeed, charter schools are perhaps the single most promising and scalable policy to shrink the persistent achievement gap between white and black students. Public-school apologists who level attacks on charters for supposedly resegregating K–12 education should consider that maybe they’re the bad guys in this story line." Read more.
