{"id":6791,"date":"2013-11-24T08:24:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T13:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?page_id=6791"},"modified":"2014-06-01T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T12:56:23","slug":"charter-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/hot-topics\/charter-schools","title":{"rendered":"Charter Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/most-corrupt-state-sells-public-education-to-waltons.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017ee4d70092970d-pi.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/most-corrupt-state-sells-public-education-to-waltons.html\">\r\nMost corrupt state sells public education to Waltons<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nThe charter school referendum on the November 6<small><sup>th<\/sup><\/small> ballot\r\nthat would let an unelected state committee force charter schools on local\r\nschool boards, after which\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/democrats-to-tea-party-against-charter-school-amendment.html\">\r\nthe local board would have no control over\r\nthe school and local taxes would have to add extra funds per student\r\nin the charter school,<\/a>\r\neven though\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/adding-another-charter-school-authorizer-reduces-academic-learning-karen-noll.html\">\r\nadding another charter school authorizer reduces academic learning<\/a>,\r\neven\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/score-high-on-alec-policy-score-low-on-education.html\">\r\naccording to ALEC&#8217;s own website.<\/a>\r\nYes,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/bill-moyers-on-alec.html\">\r\nthe same ALEC<\/a>\r\nthat brought us private prisons is\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/q-why-are-so-many-states-pushing-charter-schools-now-a-alec.html\">\r\nbehind this charter school amendment,<\/a>\r\nwhich is backed by huge sums of out-of-state money\r\nfrom\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/walton-family-foundation-granted-105-million-towards-ga-charter-schools-in-2011.html\">\r\nthe Walton Foundation<\/a>\r\nand\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/k12-ceo-packard-5m-in-2011-up-36.html\">\r\ncharter school operators,<\/a>\r\nfunnelled through\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/no-other-state-has-had-a-positive-outcome-for-a-charter-positive-ballot-initiative-former-t-splost-proponents-now-pushing-c.html\">\r\nmany of the same people who pushed the failed T-SPLOST referendum.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.votesmartgeorgia.com\/\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 width=\"126\" height=\"176\"\r\n src=\"http:\/\/ui.votesmartgeorgia.com\/images\/logo-large2.png\"><\/a>\r\nDo you believe with\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/joint-resolution-in-support-of-quality-public-education-lowndes-and-valdosta-boards-of-education.html\">\r\nboth local school boards<\/a> that\r\n&#8220;without quality public education, there will exist a great divide between\r\nthe educated and the uneducated, corresponding to a divide between the\r\nrich and the poor, the strong and the weak&#8221;<\/a>?\r\nDo you not want\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/charter-school-amendment-taxation-without-representation-karen-noll-lcc-2012-10-09.html\">\r\ntaxation without representation?<\/a>\r\nDo you care about\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/wall-streets-next-big-thing-privatizing-public-education.html\">\r\nGeorgia&#8217;s children more than profiteering for Wall Street?<\/a>\r\nVote No on the charter school amendment!\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most corrupt state sells public education to Waltons. 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