Our students are being cheated. We are sentencing young men and women to a life of underachievement. Substantial school reforms must take place if we are going to start to reverse this trend. The reasons for our current failures are quite complicated. Therefore, we need new, bold and innovative strategies if we are going to reverse our present problems.
Charter schools are one such strategy.
They are an essential component and catalyst for change within the Commonwealth's education reform movement. Critics are concerned that losing revenues, gifted students, or motivated parents will weaken district public schools. We believe meaningful competition and experimentation will strengthen district public schools rather than weaken them. Charter schools are just one way that parents can exercise choice in their children's education. It is for all these reasons that the Davis Foundation has chosen to be supportive of and take an active role in charter schools.