Here's what 'Abbott Elementary' and Quinta Brunson get wrong about charter schools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : I am reluctantly entering the public conversation about three things I'm very fond of: charter schools, TV sitcom "Abbott Elementary" and the show's star, Quinta Brunson.
58% : Yet, as a senior Black leader at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, I know in real life that 1 in 3 students in Philadelphia attends a charter school.
55% : Over the course of the latest season, charter schools have been mentioned several times.
53% : This is why I believe so much in charter schools, and why I am willing to fight for them.
52% : The recent "Abbott Elementary" episodes with the charter-school story line somehow have become the foundation for what purports to be legitimate national discourse about public schools.
50% : Opinions in your inbox: Get exclusive access to our columnists and the best of our columns Jimmy Kimmel's antics disrespected Quinta Brunson: Kimmel's 'comedy' was just latest insult for Black women (and men) in Hollywood Charter schools are public schools.
49% : It stings for one of the country's most popular sitcoms to portray the work of charter schools in a way that doesn't reflect who we are or what we do.
48% : If we look to "Abbott Elementary" for an actual take on public charter schools, must we also then believe that Janelle James' brilliant portrayal of a sexually harassing, self-aggrandizing, hustler of a principal, Ava Coleman, is representative of all district school leaders?
44% : A school choice revolution is storming the country this year Charter schools are neither villain nor panacea.
40% : And if you think that's bad, remember that on average, charter schools are educating students with even less money than district schools.

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