Anti-charter school bills will scuttle competition, limit choice

California’s charter-school movement has made remarkable progress in providing a quality education for some of the state’s neediest students.
However, its long, successful journey — sparked by landmark 1992 legislation that made it relatively easy to start charter schools — has run into an existential threat that has rightly been referred to as “Charter-mageddon” by one news publication.
The Assembly Education Committee, dominated by lawmakers who are allied w