Charter schools are the saving grace to the public schools hijacked by the teachers union and bloated administrations.
Recently, these unions succeeded to lowering testing standards for graduation in blue states to mask the worse job they’re doing teaching our kids:
Examples: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-york-lowers-bar-...
Meanwhile major cities have the highest per pupil spend for public schools, with frighteningly poor outcomes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/03/30/bal...
Fix K-12 schools (no, more money on bloated administrations is not the answer), and the need for affirmative action goes away.