Without a doubt, this is the most exciting idea I’ve heard in a long time. This is “change” I can get behind. My congratulations to Charlie.
The teachers’ union is the problem that occurred to me too. But wouldn’t there be many private funds available?
I hope more teachers, like Alletis, hear of this and share their ideas. And I hope you keep us up-to-date and let us know if there’s anything we can do to help it along.
My daughter is returning from England – masters and phd. in education techniques – and has actually thought of starting a school. I’m pretty sure she wrote more than one grant application in her years at Oxford.
I’ve been inspired in recent months to go visit Berea, Kentucky. There was a small, one-room school that developed into a wonderful learning environment for him and many other young people.
