Charter Quote by Fannie Lou Hamer

“The state funneled money to private academies for white students.”

— Isabel Wilkerson

We have a law that allows us to establish charter schools here in this state. We ought to get going on it.

— Craig Benson

“In Georgia, beating back a 1949 challenge from black parents to equalize the schools, Governor Herman Talmadge had already proposed a constitutional amendment that…

— Carol Anderson

“Many Southern communities developed two school systems: an underfunded public system mostly attended by black students, and private schools set up for white children.…

— Kristen Green

I've seen public charter schools give parents a valuable option for students in Alabama and across the country.

— Tommy Tuberville

Indeed the Obamas, the Clintons, and many other elites who oppose school choice and make it harder for charter schools to operate, send their…

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

There is a racial element: It's undeniable. We've had inequitable funding of schools for decades in the state of Michigan.

— Gretchen Whitmer

I expect there will be more public charter schools.

— Betsy DeVos

“Fifty years after Brown, we should have learned that there is no magic in white classmates. The magic lies at the intersection of educational…

— William Raspberry

I expect there will be more private schools.

— Betsy DeVos

You don't need a city charter to know that education is the foundation of any community.

— Alan Autry

Very few charter schools are being created in some of the best school districts in the state. If you're an educational innovator, that isn't…

— John Engler