[malcolmk14]

Ah, yes. The "charter schools are public schools" crowd out in full force! They're not.

Any school that can turn kids away who don't "fit" their mould are not public schools. They selectively admit students who will succeed and cater to school shopping parents who have the time, resources, ability, etc., to seek them out and set their children up to get in.

Charter schools are (mostly) great, unique, innovative learning environments that have equal or better outcomes to their public counterparts (because they pick their students). Publicly funded, yes, but they aren't public schools in the true sense of the term.

Let me pick my own 20 students and cap my class size and not admit anyone with severe/moderate needs and I'll have tremendous "outcomes" too.