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LEFT WING LOONS Title: DeparTmenT of EducaTion ‘waging war’ ... on charTer schools wiTh new regulaTions --- school choice advocaTe says April 8, 2022 Department of Education ‘waging war’ on charter schools with new regulations, school choice advocate says Teachers unions are getting cover from Biden administration's proposed rule, Corey DeAngelis says By Teny Sahakian Fox News Biden administration ‘waging war’ on charter schools with new regulations The Biden administration is waging war against charter schools through newly proposed rules that make it harder to obtain start-up grants, school choice advocate Corey DeAngelis told Fox News. The Department of Education is "waging war on charter schools" with recently proposed rules that would make it tougher for them to receive start-up grants, a school choice advocate told Fox News. The rule would tighten requirements on charter schools seeking seed money, like proving that there's a demand for a new school and showing how they would ensure diversity. There would also be restrictions on how much outside for-profit companies could manage operations. "The Biden administration is essentially waging war on charter schools," Corey DeAngelis, the American Federation for Children's national director of research, told Fox News. "But more importantly, the administration, through these regulations, is waging war on families who want these schools for their kids and that's absolutely atrocious." Congress approved $440 million for the charter school program in its spending bill. One of the Department of Education's proposed changes, which were published March 12, would require applicants applying for grant money through that program to provide evidence of over-enrollment in existing traditional public schools. ALL EYES ON FLORIDA, DESANTIS – FROM FIGHTING COVID TO STOPPING WOKENESS, STATE IS LEADING THE WAY "It doesn't make any sense if you care about the needs of families, but it does make sense when you're thinking about protecting the status quo," DeAngelis told Fox News. "Just imagine if a Safeway wanted to open a location … and in order to get a grant from the city or just to open, they had to prove and provide evidence that the nearby Walmart had customers flowing out of the door wrapping around the building," DeAngelis continued. "That wouldn't make any sense if your sole purpose was to try to find the policy that works best for individual customers." The proposal indicates that the tightened restrictions would ensure fiscal oversight and encourage collaboration between traditional public schools and charter schools. But critics have said the rule will kill the charter school program. DeAngelis said the Department of Education is proposing the rules as an attempt to protect teachers unions and government schools at the expense of families. Charter schools are publicly funded, but privately run institutions. DeAngelis argued that they offer a competitive alternative to government schools and provide higher-quality education that caters directly to the wants of parents. He said charter schools' growing popularity threaten teachers unions. "The unionized government schools try to avoid accountability every step of the way, either through their regulation or defunding of charter schools and their competition," DeAngelis said. "School choice is a rising tide that lifts all boats," the school choice advocate told Fox News. He said charter schools create competitive pressures, which often improve government-run schools. Students and other advocates of charter schools rally in Olympia, Wash., in November. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte) "Parents have been scrambling over the past couple of years trying to find the best fit for their kids, and now you have the Biden administration trying to enact these regulations to make exercising these choices as difficult as possible," DeAngelis said. "Parents are already voting with their feet in large numbers." He pointed to a study that showed that charter school enrollment increased 7.1% for the 2020-2021 school year, while public schools saw a 3.3% decrease – a drop of nearly 1.5 million students. "Of course the teachers union monopoly is freaking out right now," DeAngelis said. "And one way to stop families from accessing these options that they feel are better for their kids is to use the heavy hand of government to trap these low-income families in the system that is not working for them." The public comment period ends April 14. Teny Sahakian is an Associate Producer/Writer for Fox News. Follow Teny on Twitter at @tenysahakian. another_nc_guy156 Most importantly, Biden's handlers are repaying the teachers' unions by favoring traditional public schools, where most union teachers work, over charter schools. ptatim I’m not interested in diversity thank you. It only creates division and I’m-fighting, exactly what its promoters want . The US Department of Education in Washington should be shut down and the money sent back to the states. jilll247 Department of Education needs to be abolished. Schools should be regulated by the states and counties in which they reside. rbinfl Especially the parents and taxpayers. No more dictates from Washington, and no more grooming and political indoctrination in the schools! extrusio charter schools is one of the only things that 'almost works' about todays public education system; of course progressives want to eliminate it. persiangulfvet Dept of Education, fearing it is loosing its grip on our children, is doing everything it can to regain its stranglehold of indoctrination on our nation’s children. Comments Poster Comment: if you don'T form To The diversiTy TemplaTe You're a whiTe supremacisT Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 1.
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The Public Skrewel system in America is a dead horse WeThePeople gotta stop beating and instead just put a bullet in it's brain, and KILL the DeeCeeSwampz Marxist Department of Education, once and for all...MUD
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School Vouchers, Charter Schools, On-Line classes, home-schooling amongst groups of families with common interests, private schools, religious-affiliated schools...it is all about getting the hell away from our ABYSMAL Public Skrewel system, and COVID just brought it all to a head...MUD
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