Jay P. Greene had??an interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday.??He talks about the problems that charter schools are facing in New York:
With voucher programs facing termination in Washington, D.C., and heavy regulation in Milwaukee, the teachers unions have now set their sights on charter schools. Despite their proclamations about supporting charters, the actions of unions and their allies in state and national politics belie their rhetoric.
In New York, charters are facing, among other things, budget cuts and strangulation by "red tape." What does this mean for education reform in general???
Vouchers made the world safe for charters by drawing union fire. But now that the unions have the voucher threat under control, charters are in trouble.
Uh-oh.