Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
While I respect that your opinion and mine differ here, indigo, I have been inside of a charter organization (and one that is reasonably reputable, I might add) for the past decade, and what I've seen is that they are INNATELY corrupt or at least corruptible upon success. They ultimately view the enterprise as a business, and don't care any more about students than Microsoft cares about its customers.
Microsoft, Apple, Intel, and other tech companies are all for-profit companies, and the quality of their products has improved over the years. The profit motive is not inimical to serving the consumer, as you seem to think.