Arizona: Why Does a Low-Performing Charter School Collect $80 Million a Year from Taxpayers?

Arizona: Why Does a Low-Performing Charter School Collect $80 Million a Year from Taxpayers?

Laurie Roberts, columnist for The Arizona Republic, asked the question that is the title of this post. Why indeed? Charters and vouchers, we were promised, would “save poor kids from failing schools” but all too often, school choice is far worse than the neighborhood public school. When you see the abysmal test scores for this online school, you understand why the operators of voucher schools demand exclusion from state testing. This charter sch…