Biden Isn’t Focused on Charter Schools, But He Should Be
Newly sworn-in President Joe Biden offered a long list of goals for his presidency in his inaugural address—chief among them were rebuilding the post-COVID-19 American economy and addressing systemic racial and economic inequalities. These are herculean tasks—however, the starting point for both might be as simple as ABC.
Or rather, how America’s students are learning their ABC’s.
Education reformers have long championed charter schools as a way to close race- and income-related education gaps. And after an era of support under the Obama administration and an abundance of research pointing to their success, the case for expanded charter school education couldn’t be clearer.
After Obama left office, however, the Democratic party turned sour on charter schools. Senators Warren and Sanders bashed charter schools and school choice during the Democratic primaries. Even Biden, who had a front-row seat to the success of charter schools under his former boss’s watch, stated on the campaign trail that charter schools “siphon off money for our public schools, which are already in enough trouble.”
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