Charter School Bill Passes In Tennessee
Democrats in Tennessee’s House of Representatives caved on a bill allowing for an expansion in the number of charter schools in the state. Since the party has pretty much adopted Republican education policies at the national level, this isn’t exactly surprising. What is perhaps the most troubling about the whole affair is that it isn’t the lack of evidence supporting the use of charter schools that held up the bill from relatively easy passage. It was Brian Kelsey (R-Germantown)’s statement on the House floor stating that “public schools are the last vestige of slavery” that almost killed it. Really. [h/t to R. Neal]
Makes me proud to be a Tennessean…
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