Ohio's charter schools are running many ads on local radio and TV stations. I've heard numerous ads for Performance Academy and they even got local radio personalities to visit in order to endorse their schools. These charter schools exist on our tax dollars. Shouldn't those tax dollars be used to educate their students and pay for teachers? Why are they spending thousands of dollars advertising?
Here are some results from the Ohio Department of Education:
Achievement
Performance Academy Eastland
At another Performance Academy, the grades are similar:
Columbus Performance Academy
You can check out the grades from schools all across Ohio here.
An article from the Dayton Daily News (2012) shows that the only people profiting from charters are the people that own them!
Unfortunately, Ohio's Republican controlled legislature refuses to reform the charter school disasters because charter owners continue to fund their campaigns. It is time for tax payers to stop this charter school mess and put funds back into traditional public schools operated by taxpayers, not corporations/private owners.
