Charter schools (at least those in the most “backward” school system in the country) not only have to comply with every law and regulation that traditional public schools do, they actually have ADDITIONAL laws and regulations to which they must comply.

In some cases, particularly in Louisiana, charter school applcants must jump through unique “hoops” to obtain approval which are purposeful barriers put in place by union supporters defending a failng status quo.

Further, charter schools are PROVEN to be superior to a vast majority of traditional public schools, most notably in the State of Louisiana.

The mention of money clearly exposes the true nature of the opposition to charter schools. The false claims that public charter schools take away funds from the county (parish) is a deliberate misrepresentation of the fact that what charter school funding actually does is shifts the CONTROL of monies into the hands of administrators of the charter school and out of the the incompetent hands of partisan school board members.

Going further, it is the despicable policies of teacher unions that are most responsible for the downward trend in education as those policies are designed to protect the union roles/dues, and do nothing to improve the qualty of education in this country. The teacher unions are all about money and power, at the expense of our children’s and our country’s future.