Asian parents -- fed up with public education -- want more charter...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Let's humor critics who say charter schools get amazing academic outcomes only because the parents of their children "care a lot about education."
66% : Then Asian parents are ideal for charter schools!
60% : As a result, there's rising Asian interest in charter schools.
59% : That was the early days of charter schools.
58% : What is newsworthy is that Asians are beginning to view charter schools as educational lifelines, too.
56% : Bottom line: charter schools deliver results, and that's what Asian parents want.
55% : Their rescue lay with charter schools: Success Academy in New York City, KIPP in Los Angeles, Summit Prep in Redwood City, and SEED in DC.
55% : Yet in New York City, the state has capped new charter schools.
55% : Meanwhile, 50,000 New York City kids, plus the newly interested Asians, wait for seats in charter schools.
51% : In a reprise of "Waiting for Superman," teachers unions powerful with the Democratic Party put their full might behind stifling charter schools.
49% : In 2010, the powerful documentary "Waiting for Superman" exposed public schools for the failure factories they are, and forged lasting awareness that for black families, the only hope for a decent education is winning the charter school lottery.
45% : There aren't enough charter schools.
42% : Today, 12 years later, there are still not enough charter schools.
38% : Today, 12 years later, it's no longer newsworthy that charter schools are educational lifelines for black families.
28% : This turns charter schools into a glaring partisan election issue.

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