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The research does show that only a small percentage of charter schools outperform comparable district schools, but Mr. Levine appears to have confused "correlation" with "causation." To make the claim that more charter schools worsen public education is comparable to making the claim that more teachers worsen public education. Neither is a factual statement and neither could ever be inferred from the research.
I support charter schools, not failing ones, but successful ones that are...