Union's Retrograde Report Earns Failing Grade: A Response to the NEA's Policy Statement on Charter Schools
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| Title: | Union's Retrograde Report Earns Failing Grade: A Response to the NEA's Policy Statement on Charter Schools |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Osborne, David, Langhorne, Emily, Progressive Policy Institute |
| Source: | Progressive Policy Institute. 2017. |
| Availability: | Progressive Policy Institute. 600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Suite 400, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: 202-547-0001; Fax: 202-544-5014; Web site: http://www.ppionline.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive Opinion Papers |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Unions, Charter Schools, Position Papers, Public Schools, Boards of Education, Accountability, Collective Bargaining, Educational Quality, Competition, Elementary Secondary Education |
| Abstract: | As 21st century school systems continue to emerge, low-income parents will continue to regard public charter schools as the means through which their children have equal access to quality education. This report is a response to the National Education Association's (NEA's) policy statement on charter schools. In the statement, the NEA calls for a moratorium on the creation and expansion of public charter schools. Herein, the authors state that NEA leaders fear that the growth of charter schools threatens the health--and wealth--of their union. The authors conclude that as 21st century school systems continue to emerge, low-income parents will continue to regard public charter schools as the means through which their children have equal access to quality education. It's time for the NEA and other teachers' unions to reconsider whether standing in the charter schoolhouse door and shouting "no" is the best way to serve America's children. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Number of References: | 8 |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | ED591149 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | As 21st century school systems continue to emerge, low-income parents will continue to regard public charter schools as the means through which their children have equal access to quality education. This report is a response to the National Education Association's (NEA's) policy statement on charter schools. In the statement, the NEA calls for a moratorium on the creation and expansion of public charter schools. Herein, the authors state that NEA leaders fear that the growth of charter schools threatens the health--and wealth--of their union. The authors conclude that as 21st century school systems continue to emerge, low-income parents will continue to regard public charter schools as the means through which their children have equal access to quality education. It's time for the NEA and other teachers' unions to reconsider whether standing in the charter schoolhouse door and shouting "no" is the best way to serve America's children. |
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