Whitney Tilson: “Every charter can be put on probation or even shut down if…”

“… every five years, each one of those schools is given, goes through a real root canal evaluation by its charter authorizer. And that keeps us on our toes, our schools. Every charter can be put on probation or even shut down if they cannot demonstrate that they are delivering for children. My question is, why isn't the same standard of accountability applied to the other 85% of New York City public schools?” (05:31–05:38)

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