A despicable attempt to sabotage school choice (copy)
Colorado’s charter schools are wildly popular — and under attack once again. They were authorized by law in the early 1990s, when a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and the governor saw the wisdom of giving our state’s public schools more independence to blaze their own trails. Since then, the program has grown by leaps and bounds amid continuous and overwhelming demand. Today, about 161 public charters educate more than 125,000 Colorado children statewide. That’s around 14% of kids who attend public school in the state. Most of the charters have to turn away applicants because there...