Democrats For Education Reform Head Says Charter Schools Should Use Per Pupil Dollars F... - 0 views
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Jeff Bernstein on 03 Apr 12Dissent Magazine uncovers a conference that DFER executive director Joe Williams spoke at in 2010. At that conference, Williams actually advocated for charter schools to spend money on advocacy organizations and lobbying through their "per pupil dollars" - meaning the very same funds that are supposed to be used to educate students. Williams justified this by saying that charters are an attempt to run a school "as a business" and that businesses of course allocate their funding "right off the bat" to "lobbying, advocacy work"