The Board seems to blame the legislation, which they say does not mandate them to encourage and incubate would-be applicants. (It might not mandate them to incubate new applicants, but where does it stipulate that they shouldn’t?)
Others point out that we have had endless tinkering with Charter School law in this state already, and that the real problem is an unwillingness to have more independent schools.
Inertia always comes with a bureaucratic excuse.
Those that will pay the price for last week’s appalling failure are kids in Jackson, Greenville, Natchez, and elsewhere who will not be getting the education they have a right to expect – and whose life chances will suffer as a direct consequence.
The stark truth is that there has been very little progress on school choice in our state in a very long time.
At the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, we believe that the fight for school choice has become urgent. It is one of the most important policy battles America faces. Now is the time for a fundamentally different approach if we are going to actually win.
Warm Regards,
Douglas Carswell
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