The hard work, longer hours, and a longer school year are why the teachers’ unions in Ontario, and elsewhere across NA, don’t want voucher systems nor charter schools.  It’ll come to Ontario someday though, and I hope I see it in my lifetime!

I wish they had talked more specifically about the academic improvement—that would have been very interesting.

There’s a bit about it in Part 2 of the video.

KIPP is famous for “creaming” that is why Geoffrey Canada would not deal with them in Harlem. Their teacher turnover is 300% per year. The charter model is not scalable and is already running on empty. The charter movement fully understands this.