1/Many tweets on Why @iamjohnoliver is wrong on charter schools, and why it’s no laughing matter.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
2/21: It was wrong and in bad taste, deliberately skewed to paint a picture that charter schools are not serious.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
3/21: Meanwhile, they are lifeline for parents of nearly 3 million kids choosing charters.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
4/21: Unfairly portraying data so that it discredits these families’ choices is unjust.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
5/21: More than a decade of data, experience & dozens of reputable researchers have catalogued charter school impact https://t.co/k4EUIgoLND
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
6/21: Despite being funded less than other public schools, charter schools get better bang for buck https://t.co/EwBxpVkKOm
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
7/21: Celebrities like @Pitbull involved in charters because they see firsthand how charters are making a difference https://t.co/yNJuKG3k2L
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
8/21: Then there’s @JalenRose and his leadership academy @JRLADetroit, educating kids who like him want something better than the street
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
9/21: @iamjohnoliver mockery of shuttered charters is taken from misleading headlines, not journalistic investigation.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
10/21: Worse, highly credible news sources like @TIME & @businessinsider are carrying & repeating the Oliver jokes & distortions on charters
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
11/21: Ignored is research that shows charters help poor kids from Los Angeles to New York & in between https://t.co/6OrAm4KenE @reason
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
12/21: And how survey after survey shows parents of color are the strongest supporters of choice & charter schools…
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
13/21: …and the evidence suggests they have good reason https://t.co/YFRpyxO9M7 @RonMatus1 @The74
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
14/21: To be sure, bad actors should be shamed. But as @JRussellMI points out, the traditional system is not without https://t.co/ekKlSEomeD
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
15/21: Many parents choose charter schools for their children based on exceptional circumstances and situations…
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
16/21: Whether online or brick & mortar, charters often only public option available aside from zoned schools not working for their child.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
17/21: What @iamjohnoliver doesn’t know is that strong state charter laws have raised educational attainment for all students.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
18/21: The US was built on innovation. Innovators found their collective voice 20+ yrs ago through charter concept. https://t.co/mwBu28f9tr
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
19/21: We must create conditions for innovation & opportunity in US education that has allowed upward mobility for so many….
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
20/21: … and not stoop to misrepresenting facts that paint a broad, inaccurate picture of schools that’ve made a difference for millions.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016
21/21: …That’s the real story that should be told.
— Center for Ed Reform (@edreform) August 23, 2016