Is our children learning?

Researchers for the American Federation of Teachers discovered data in a report released by the Department of Education that concludes that charter schools are lagging behind the more common bureaucratic institutions known as public schools. For those not in the know charter schools are schools run by private companies and a darling of the Bush administration due to such things as efficiency, and, well letting the free market decide issues of public policy. The report was released without any press releases and the information was buried well within a very thick tome.

Lesson to be learned: should the administration get its way on privatizing Social Security be sure to read your quarterly statement: all 75 volumes included appendices and footnotes.

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