• mumblerfish@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    1 year ago

    Why are charter schools called public in the US? Just because they are funded with public money? We call them private in Sweden as they are directed by a private entity and the profits are also private.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 year ago

      Some people call them public because they are funded by the government, not by tuition or private donors. The claim is that a private company freed from government restrictions can do a better job more efficiently.

      That’s a huge load of bullcrap: diverting public school funds from the school system toward private profit