D.C.’s odd resistance to more charter schools

The Washington Post reports:

Only 34 percent of D.C. public-school students are in top-quality schools. The District — particularly struggling neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River — is in urgent need of schools that can perform. So one would think that the city would be clamoring to welcome a renowned charter nonprofit that wants to bring its record of educational success with disadvantaged students to the nation’s capital. Instead, there is misplaced concern about the growth of charter schools and worrying talk about whether they should be curtailed.

The Washington Post editorial board doesn't understand that public education , in D.C., is a jobs program first and foremost.