Link: http://socialistworker.org/2012/08/09/public-schools-for-sale

In July, Muskegon Heights, Mich., became the first American city to hand its entire school district over to a charter-school operator. More than 1.6 million American kids attend charter schools, which emerged in the early 1990s. Whatever their original intent, charters are fundamentally restructuring the school system by placing it in private--often for-profit--hands. They're making teachers and staff work harder and longer for less pay, usually without union benefits or protection.