whoever may be suffering due to charter schools, here in chicago it is the pedophiles.

[mopinko]

i have said this many times-
charter schools in chicago, which are run by largely non-profits, are not taking students from district schools so much as they are from the catholic schools.
i believe the clergy abuse scandals are driving a mass exodus from catholic schools in chicago.
they were mostly the only "anything but my local district school" option available. now that cps has made many more options available to families, the catholic schools are collapsing.
charters are only a part of this, with many open enrollment cps specialty schools.
there are a few small chain charters. but most are either university run, or ethnic/language focus non-profits.

this is about the 3rd or 4th mass closing for the archdiocese.

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20141029/portage-park/archdiocese-close-six-schools-chicago

note the comments.

[Demeter]

1. Interesting

This could be a body blow for religion (except the fundies are getting into charter schools), but it's more a passing of the torch from Catholicism to even more deranged belief/world models.

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. +1

>>>it's more a passing of the torch from Catholicism to even more deranged belief/world models.>>>>>

Frankly, having come through ( and OUT of) that tradition, I didn't think the above could be possible.

The last ten deranged, fitful years of corporate "reform" of public ed have proven me wrong.

[mopinko]

3. no religious charters here.

unless you want to count namaste school.