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Don’t be fooled by “public” charter school deception

by ERIC MATTHEWS
| August 30, 2024 7:00 AM

School choice is a hot topic these days. It’s really important to understand how to create an education system that provides choice while sticking to our values: that every Montana child deserves a high-quality education without having to pay through the nose for it.

For generations we have insufficiently funded public education and relied on hardworking and extremely caring educators to do the job without adequate support. Our school systems have barely been getting by, so how can they be agile or innovate? 

Every teacher I know wants to do what is best for every student in their classroom, but too often that feels like an impossible task given the scarcity of resources our schools constantly experience. A rapidly-changing world means our schools have been asked to do more and more and more, but without additional support, and that’s a recipe for making the system fall apart.

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