The Inside Scoop

President/CEO Tony Roberts writes: The Georgia Charter Schools Association, the Colorado League of Charter School, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools recently completed the first in-depth study of independent “start-up” charter school facilities in Georgia. The results paint a disappointing picture.

Recently, we witnessed an appalling unfolding of how some abhor the right and responsibility of parents to choose the best educational setting for their children. Hundreds of people packed in a school auditorium and heard one of the Cherokee school board members boldly proclaim: “If you parents don’t like the education our school district is providing for your children, then you should move out of Cherokee County!”…