Letters to the Editor

To the Editor:

In a belated response to the National Education Association's criticism of the Center for Education Reform (Letters, Jan. 31, 1996), I would like to express my resentment over the suggestion that I, and thousands of other charter school proponents across the country, are pursuing an "agenda" to erode public education.

Frankly, I've grown weary of the rhetoric and innuendo that paints education reformers as anti-public schools, and now, as anti-American. To explain: In a recent Education Week article ("Teachers Unions Appear To Trade Places on Reform," Dec. 6, 1996), I said that the NEA, and unions in general, have consistently worked, and are working, to water down charter school laws in state after state. That's true, and if you don't believe me, ask any of the charter proponents or state legislators who have gone head to head with the...