"Charter schools (privately run, publicly funded) seem to be even worse than normal public schools." Really? Anecdotally, the one's I know of seem to be bette

"Charter schools (privately run, publicly funded) seem to be even worse than normal public schools." Really? Anecdotally, the one's I know of seem to be better. There are some like Kipp or Amistad Academy that have worked miracles in the inner city. From articles I've read that look at test scores at all charter schools, they do about the same as their public counterparts.