Comments on: Taking a Chance on Charters http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/taking-a-chance-on-charters.html Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:21:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Who’s Blogging about Cato | Think Tank West http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/taking-a-chance-on-charters.html/comment-page-1#comment-4889 Who’s Blogging about Cato | Think Tank West Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:22:15 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=4151#comment-4889 [...] the Show-Me Institute Blog, Sarah Brodsky wrote about charter schools, citing a Neal McCluskey’s post about the drawbacks of charter school [...] [...] the Show-Me Institute Blog, Sarah Brodsky wrote about charter schools, citing a Neal McCluskey’s post about the drawbacks of charter school [...]

]]> By: Lisa Jones http://www.showmedaily.org/2009/04/taking-a-chance-on-charters.html/comment-page-1#comment-2423 Lisa Jones Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:24:35 +0000 http://www.showmedaily.org/?p=4151#comment-2423 I would be interested to read what you think about the April 17 Chicago Tribune article, Arne to Illinois: Shape Up "In too many places, including Illinois, we are lying to children now. [When] we tell a child they are meeting the state standards, the logical implication is that child's on track to be successful. In too many places, including Illinois, if you are meeting state standards you are barely qualified to graduate from high school and you are totally unqualified to go to a university and graduate," he said. I would be interested to read what you think about the April 17 Chicago Tribune article, Arne to Illinois: Shape Up

“In too many places, including Illinois, we are lying to children now. [When] we tell a child they are meeting the state standards, the logical implication is that child’s on track to be successful. In too many places, including Illinois, if you are meeting state standards you are barely qualified to graduate from high school and you are totally unqualified to go to a university and graduate,” he said.

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