The charter school movement is one of those things that draws strong opinions. Initiatives to provide safe school environments are good, but privatized charter

The charter school movement is one of those things that draws strong opinions. Initiatives to provide safe school environments are good, but privatized charter schools have a lot of downside in terms of how a community, parents, and teachers can retain control over how education happens. In New York state in particular, there has been a strong effort to close public schools and open private charters, which in my opinion is the wrong way to fix problems with public education. The disagreement over charters isn't just a union thing, although public educators would be upset to see the system they work for dismantled instead of repaired.