
Politics & Society
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
by Thomas Sowell · 2020
Published on his 90th birthday. A data-driven case for charter schools and against the political interests blocking them.
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Published the day he turned 90. Sowell compares charter schools and traditional public schools in the same buildings, serving the same communities, and the results aren't even close. The question becomes: if the data is this clear, why is there so much opposition? The answer is the point of the book.
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“Those who want to see quality education remain available to youngsters in low-income minority neighborhoods must raise the question, again and again, when various policies and practices are proposed:...”
“Propagandists in the classroom are a luxury that the poor can afford least of all. While a mastery of mathematics and English can be a ticket out of poverty, a highly cultivated sense of grievance and...”
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