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Jim Horn’s Top 10 Reasons Why 1% Like Urban Charters

Jim Horn has an illuminating blog called “SchoolsMatter.”

In this post, he puzzles over why hedge fund managers and assorted billionaires are so devoted to urban charter schools, particularly in light of repeated studies that show that these schools don’t get better results than public schools.

Here is his list of the top ten reasons that the super-wealthy–the 1%–adore urban charter schools.

Do you agree?

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Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She is the Co-Founder and President of the Network for Publi...