While public schools may have been "assimilation engines" back in 1950, my experience was that they are staunchly opposed to the "melting pot" and far more part

While public schools may have been "assimilation engines" back in 1950, my experience was that they are staunchly opposed to the "melting pot" and far more partial to the multicultural mindset. Since main stream public schools are essentially not allowed to teach subjects like ethical reasoning, they are implicitly teaching relativism AKA "tolerance." Public schools also tend to teach academic subjects in a scripted and mechanical way. I think that this is the phenomenon that the folks in the article are responding to. Hopefully in realizing that there is no catch-all "best" way to educate, I think these charter schools will unlock previously untapped potential.