A union-run charter school in NYC?

Here's a curious idea: a charter school run by the teachers' union. Not only that, but I heard about it by reading their blog: Edwize - The Virtues of Competition:

If there is one article of faith among contemporary ideologues of the right, it is that competition solves all problems. For every issue and for every problem, an unfettered, laissez-faire market is the solution. Nowhere can one find this dogma more faithfully followed than on the editorial page of the New York Post.

Except when it is a competition from a teachers’ union.

Take the question of charter schools. The editorial page of the New York Post went apoplectic at the thought that the UFT might sponsor two charter schools, and that those schools might demonstrate the educational power of a school founded on principles of teacher professionalism and democratic governance. A series of editorials were launched against the UFT charter school application, in ever more strident terms.

I'm adding the Edwize blog to our blogroll. Good to see teachers raising their voice. Too often I find they feel speaking out is too risky.