Whatever support traditional public schools enjoyed before the pandemic has been eroded by their embrace of wokeism (“The Public Education Crisis,” Dissent, Spring 2023). Charter schools appeal to increasing numbers of parents because they teach the basics.
No wonder test scores have plummeted. If instruction fails to teach students what they need to succeed after graduation, they are being shortchanged. Parents want their children to receive a sound education. When they are not, parents will enroll them in charter, private and religious schools.
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