The state curriculum frameworks would establish a protective structure that would help ensure that all schools were attempting to provide a challenging and progressive curriculum. The teacher training reforms and the stimulations of curriculum materials by the state would help make high quality resources available to all the schools. Perhaps of most importance, the state examinations based on the curriculum frameworks would provide valid data about student outcomes to help parents and students make their choice among schools. Some friends ask me if tax-credits are better than vouchers. At first glance, they appear safer because they might avoid some legal battles and postpone govt.
Charter schools are just public schools on a slightly longer leash.
A dog on a long leash is still a dog on a leash. There s no way to get good education based on coercion. Let s stop trying.