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11. Another facet of Charter Schools is their freedom to use religion.

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 06:20 PM

Feb 2016

They can require prayer, just as private schools. They are also

The ability to pay lower wages, fire teachers they don't like, manipulate the curriculum to appeal to more religious conservatives, and take federal money to enrich the investors in those Charter School businesses has an enormous appeal to libertarians and conservatives.

A Map Showing Which U.S. Public Schools Teach Creationism to Kids

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A theory that may explain school privatization, charter schools, etc. [View all] Baobab Feb 2016 OP

Number (c) could also be used against the US Postal Service. guillaumeb Feb 2016 #1

I will check that out. Baobab Feb 2016 #5

Another facet of Charter Schools is their freedom to use religion. Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 #11

I have no idea how they would fare under progressive liberalisation Baobab Feb 2016 #12

TiSA has a negative list which (see post below) Baobab Feb 2016 #9