Every time I assert that charter schools are public schools, I get a predictable line of pushback. “Well, that may be true on paper,” people will say. “But they don’t really accept every student.” But too often what people are concerned about happening at charter schools is largely a specter. And what they believe could never happen at a traditional public school does happen. Just as often, if not more frequently, than it does at charter schools. Continue reading Free and Open to All? Not So Fast.