FREEDOM FROM PUBLIC EDUCATION DESPOTS



In a supremely wise move, Philadelphia's School Reform Commission has voted to turn over control of 1/4 of the city's failing schools to privately operated groups.



The Associated Press reports that 16 year-old Andrew Hopkins doesn't approve of the plan:

We are talking about our education here. They shouldn't be giving these schools to private companies that care mostly about their own profits [said Hopkins]. We want a parent vote in every school they want to take over.

What might explain this student�s opposition? I think the last paragraph in the story holds a big clue:

Edison Schools feature a longer day and school year, a heavy investment in technology and intensive staff development.