Charter schools.

On Change.org, the continuation of the Obama presidential campaign website, two public school parents, Sharon Higgins and Caroline Grannan, wrote on March 17, 2009 that "Charters Exclude the Most Challenging Students." In addition to writing that "numerous studies confirm that their achievement is indistinguishable from that of traditional public schools," they go on to write that "charter schools may enroll some very low-income students, but they do not enroll the very troubled, high-need, at-risk students who post the greatest challenge to public education." Although these parents voted for and strongly support the Obama presidency, they feel he is badly misinformed about charter schools as the solution to America's public school problems.

Unionization within charter schools, which have largely and perhaps purposely operated without union representation, is on the move. Nearly 80 percent of the teachers at The Accelerated School south of Los Angeles have turned in pro-union signature cards, making Accelerated's faculty the first from a charter school to join United Teachers Los Angeles (Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2009). In New York City, a KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) school joins two other KIPP schools in the United Federation of Teachers (The Nation, March 2, 2009)