Carpetbagging America’s Public Schools

Curt Cardine over the past 45 years has been a teacher, principal, and superintendent of public and charter schools in New Hampshire and Arizona. Mr. Cardine has owned private businesses and has advanced degrees in Organization and Management with an expertise in school finance.

• IntroductionChapter 1: PerspectiveChapter 2: Carpetbagging Radical ReconstructionChapter 3: Rise of the Petty AcademiesChapter 4: Schools for the AdultsChapter 5: The Road to PerditionChapter 6: Economic Theories in UseChapter 7: Mind Sets About Public SchoolsChapter 8: Schooling AloneChapter 9: Private Ownership of Public AssetsChapter 10: Mission Failure: Academic ResultsChapter 11: Real Choice: Debunking the RhetoricChapter 12: Teachers in the Charter and Private SystemsChapter 13: Teacher Compensation in ChartersChapter 14: Administrative Costs versus Classroom SpendingChapter 15: Academic Red FlagsChapter 16: Unsustainable Debt and Financing IrregularitiesChapter 17: Failure is not an OptionChapter 18: Following the MoneyChapter 19: Choosing Profits over ChildrenChapter 20: Selective MemoryChapter 21: Running Schools for the AdultsChapter 22: Choosing High Administrative CostsChapter 23: Inside Job: Real Estate AcquisitionsChapter 24: Charter Law in ArizonaChapter 25: Stand and Deliver Probe Vertically, See HorizontallyChapter 26: Ideals versus IdeologyChapter 27: Situational Ethics Public MoneyChapter 28: Overspending of Revenues AKA Net LossesChapter 29: Opportunism-Local Educational Opportunities are no longer Local, A Unique Meta-Analysis of the Financial DataChapter 31: Behavior Can Be RegulatedChapter 32: The Essential QuestionsChapter 33: Money TalksChapter 34: Conclusions and Recommendations for ActionAddendum AAccess to Source DataLimited BibliographyAbout the Author

Curt Cardine has written an important book about the ripoff of the American taxpayer and the destruction of public schools by the rapacious, profit-driven charter school movement. He demonstrates why authorities must establish clear standards for academic and financial accountability for these schools, or close them down and return their students to public schools.