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September 18, 2009

Blocking the schoolhouse door

New York Post:

Minority kids try to enter a school. Angry adults scream at them and try to block their path.

Little Rock, 1957?

Try New York City, 2009.

That was the shocking scene last week at a Harlem building shared by a traditional public school, PS 123, and a charter school, Harlem Success Academy 2.

Charter schools are public schools -- but they're mostly free of burdensome union rules. And they regularly outperform traditional schools, which is why parents are desperate to get their kids into charters.

And why it was ironic to see protesters (mostly teachers-union members) handing out flyers decrying the supposedly "separate and unequal" system that charters create.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 18, 2009 1:01 AM
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