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Dissecting the School Choice Movement

Table of Contents Education is not a Private Transaction More Problems with Privitization Charter Schools are No Better Than Public What the strongest national experimental evidence found There Are Also Negative Side Effects with Charter Depressed Pedagogical Standards School Choice Origins Ulterior Motives Classical schooling Education can have a transformative effect on a person. It can fundamentally shape how you see the world, directly impacting the options and actions available to you, your ability to evaluate these options, and the problem solving strategies available to you. Education is empowering; you can more effectively assess your environment, your position within it, and the mehods others use to manipulate you. Simultaneously, education is humbling. The process reveals the intelletual giants who've preceded you. At the same time...