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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to PoliticsEnglish · 3 years ago

How Right-Wing Christians Are Taking Over the Charter School Industry

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How Right-Wing Christians Are Taking Over the Charter School Industry

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to PoliticsEnglish · 3 years ago
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Backed by taxpayer money, the religious right has been rapidly opening charter schools across the country.
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    “Taking over” is the wrong tense and the wrong interpretation. With very few exceptions, charter schools have been a Christian nationalist ploy nearly from the beginning.

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      In the south they were primarily a response to segregation. There’s all kinds of issues with them.

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