“[Private accounts] would weaken the system. It would force a reduction in benefits, ... There are some estimates that the reduction in benefits could be as high as 40 percent.”
“I give the founders credit, ... but it?s a business. You need to bring in the experts to run your business. Many charter schools just don?t do that. That gets them in trouble. If you don?t have experts across the whole spectrum of things, you?re lost.”
“They keep saying they don?t have the money because they?re giving it to the charters. They?d have to spend it on the kids anyhow. The kids in both charter schools are Chester kids.”