In Schooling Alone, Cardine's passion for the public good is palpable. He lays bear the tensions between the penchant for free markets and the universal commitment to public education via a detailed examination that demonstrates where the once well-meaning idea of school choice has gone awry. He takes on some of the most challenging issues in education policy, such as the societal implications of parents' "freedom to choose" and the adverse economic implications of charter school operators "running schools like businesses." It's a warning about what's at stake in the unfettered expansion of school choice policies. -- David R. Garcia, PhD, Associate Professor, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
Curt Cardine believes in quality education and the original idea of charter schools led by innovative teaching professionals. In Schooling Alone he unveils how charter schools have become a for profit industry where corporations make money off children and both government and the market fail to provide sufficient oversight. While we have some wonderful charter schools as initially intended, Cardine shows how the system is failing to remove the bad actors. -- Dave Wells, PhD, Research Director, Grand Canyon Institute
