Originally Posted by Bostonian
Diane Ravitch has a skeptical piece on charters in the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/opinion/01ravitch.html
Waiting for a School Miracle
By DIANE RAVITCH
May 31, 2011

In the NYT, Paul Tough links to and summarizes many of the reactions to Ravitch's column at

http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/education-reforms-two-month-warning/
Education Reform�s Two-Month Warning
July 8, 2011

I agree with Mike Petrilli's pessimistic/realistic response,

http://www.educationgadfly.net/flypaper/2011/06/the-ends-of-education-reform/
The ends of education reform
June 7, 2011.

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