Most Ohio charter schools are graded D or F. This very low-performing sector costs Ohio taxpayers nearly $1 BILLION per year.Not only is their academic performance abysmal, but they are already paid more than the schools that educate 90% of the state’s students, Now they want $2000 more per pupil, a 22% increase! I remember when the charter idea was first launched, in 1988. Al Shanker thought charters would be schools-within-schools, that they would be started & approved by teachers, & the local board. Stephen Dyer explains here why they should get no increase at all.