http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2008/10/08/toledo-council-killing-choice-and-raising-taxes-in-one-act/ Up To The Minute Analysis Of Ohio Public Policy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2008/10/08/toledo-council-killing-choice-and-raising-taxes-in-one-act/#comment-1294 Beth Lear Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:23:58 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=3130#comment-1294 Dana, Thanks for reading the blog. Thank you even more for being a teacher. Like our veterans, you perform an invaluable service, which I am not criticizing. I do, however, take issue with some Ohio politicians and union leaders whose sole purpose is to maintain the status quo so they can keep their power and control. This is not in the best interest of Ohio children. Competition has proven to be an effective tool for improving public education (see research on Milwaukee vouchers and our own EdChoice program). Our report on the cost of eliminating charters is due out the end of November - I encourage you to check it out. In the meantime, our website has numerous articles on the accountability issue you bring up, and I encourage you to check those out as well. Charters have many layers of accountability, the most important of these are the parents. And unlike district schools, charters can and have been closed if they fail. Dana,
Thanks for reading the blog. Thank you even more for being a teacher. Like our veterans, you perform an invaluable service, which I am not criticizing. I do, however, take issue with some Ohio politicians and union leaders whose sole purpose is to maintain the status quo so they can keep their power and control. This is not in the best interest of Ohio children. Competition has proven to be an effective tool for improving public education (see research on Milwaukee vouchers and our own EdChoice program). Our report on the cost of eliminating charters is due out the end of November - I encourage you to check it out. In the meantime, our website has numerous articles on the accountability issue you bring up, and I encourage you to check those out as well. Charters have many layers of accountability, the most important of these are the parents. And unlike district schools, charters can and have been closed if they fail.

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