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I'm not going to defend the people who want to turn a profit on re-development, so don't even begin to tie me in with them.
The charter schools, however, might not be such a bad idea. My friend and old roommate was from New Orleans, and went to their schools. They have been the worst performing schools in the nation for 20 years. People graduate without being literate from there. Is trying something new so evil if what was being done clearly didn't work?
Try-try-again all you want, but as the saying goes, "Insanity is trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome." If charter schools can work then so be it. If they don't work it's not like these children would have otherwise lost out on a magnificent education in the first place.
And can we please, PLEASE stop with the X = Hitler comments?
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"Smite the rocks with the rod of knowledge, and fountains of unstinted wealth will gush forth." - Ashbel Smith as he laid the first cornerstone of the University of Texas
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