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In AFT's (2002) report, charter school opponents criticize charter schools on the
following grounds
* Skim the more affluent students and those with higher academic skills, leaving the
public schools bereft of resources, yet still responsible for educating the high-risk,
high-cost students;
* Are no more innovative than existing schools;
* Rely on low-paid, inexperienced labor;
* Exploit teachers and other education personnel;
* Reduce resources to other public schools that must educate the majority of children;
* Are no more accountable, maybe even less accountable, than other public schools;
* and may undermine the democratic nature of public schools in America (p. 10).
Opponents of charter schools not only disagree with the tenets of charter school
supporters but emphasize that charters may damage public education and the majority of students
they serve by attracting the best students from traditional public schools and leaving at-risk and
low-performing students to suffer in low-performing schools. Ultimately, opponents contend
that charter schools are not living up to their promise after more than ten years of operation. In
essence, charters have over-promised and under-delivered based on the results.
Jeffrey Henig, in his article for Educational Leadership (2009), "The Specturm of
Education Research," wrote about the biases of scientific research based on the perspective of
the researcher and used charter schools as his main example. He cited the report by the AFT and
the data from the 2003 NAEP test. After the AFT released its study, the New York Times ran an
article with the headline "Charter Schools Trail in Results, U.S. Data Reveals" (Schemo, 2004,
p.A1). The Center for Educational Reform, a pro-charter organization, followed up with an ad in28
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Gomez, Jason Diego. Correlates of Texas Standard AP Charter Campuses and How They Compare with Standard AP Traditional Public Campuses, dissertation, August 2009; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11042/m1/37/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .