Soner Tarim and the telling story about a charter school controversy in a rural Alabama county #Gulen #WoodlandPreparatory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/03/telling-story-about-charter-school-controversy-rural-alabama-county/?fbclid=IwAR04YZLfVvH7AdPBICx5sTLkiStOfhpdTtIfln3LyH32ceeiHHNouh5PveM&utm_term=.f99f9d1a602f This is a story about a loud and rather unlikely controversy in a sleepy rural Alabama county over the establishment of a charter school. While the specifics are unique to Washington County, the narrative is being repeated in states throughout the country. And the episode helps explain why the nearly 30-year-old charter movement in this country is facing a backlash even as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continues to promote it. In Alabama’s Washington County, a charter called Woodland Preparatory School has been approved by state officials to open even though: The mayor of the town where it will be located says he doesn’t want it and doesn’t know anybody who does. A national organization that evaluates charter school applications gave the thumbs-down on Woodla...