Education

Some are great. One I could mention is Emerald Academy in Knoxville, which is kind of an outgrowth of the Emerald Youth Foundation, which is kind of an outgrowth of Emerald Avenue Methodist Church and the Boys and Girls Club in that area. Others, OTOH, are disgusting excuses for private schools. So lumping ALL charter schools into one pot is not a good idea.

I'm not a great fan of charter schools either, especially where they take money from public schools. I'm a product of public schools, as are my kids, with the exception of my daughter who spent 4 years in a parochial high school. I would prefer to see charter schools be supported by other than public money. But let's please not dump them all in the same pile.