@TexasObserver @josephinelee My autistic son attended a TX charter school years ago and they could not accommodate him at all. 5th grade they had him hang out all day in the detention room w/ the guard so he'd have a 'quiet place' to do his school work on the computer. Part of 6th grade they had him sit in a large storage room w/ rotating teachers that he did not get along w/ b/c they were not as bright as him in his favorite STEM classes (this was supposed to be a STEM charter!).

@caffeneko @TexasObserver That is heartbreaking and I hear so many common experiences from parents in charter schools. There is NO accountability!

@josephinelee @caffeneko @TexasObserver If we can't head off this boondoggle altogether, at least means-test it. Rich kids should be able to attend PUBLIC schools for free just like the poor and middle-class kids, but the state shouldn't be funding rich families' decisions to attend elite private schools. IMHO the state shouldn't be funding private schools at all but at a minimum shouldn't subsidize the rich even more than it already does.

@dkbgeek @josephinelee @caffeneko @TexasObserver What if the point of school vouchers is A) to destroy public education, and B) to reward rich people for being rich?

@adamrice @dkbgeek @josephinelee @caffeneko What if, indeed! 🧐

@TexasObserver @adamrice @dkbgeek @josephinelee Like so many things GOP it's a grift to starve the system and funnel vulnerable ppl into private or religious 'solutions'

@caffeneko @TexasObserver @adamrice @josephinelee As soon as the GQP feel they've damaged the public education system enough to be beyond repair, they'll switch to "Vouchers are welfare/socialism" and cut off funding, so that only the rich are educated.