Politicians beholden to teachers unions oppose charter schools where minority students are achieving excellence

Have you been reading about the charter schools in New York and Los Angeles that serve mostly minority students, achieve higher scores on tests, and politicians subservient to teachers unions want to close? The Superintendent in Los Angeles points out that

"the trajectory of achievement in [the elementary] school is unquestionable and unassailable."

Allysia Finley writes,

Yet their performance was never under dispute. Instead, some board members quibbled that Aspire was contracting out state-mandated special education services. The board members wanted Aspire to subscribe to the district's more expensive special-education plan in order to procure more state funds for the district and its unionized workforce.

The same thing is happening in New York, where Mayor de Blasio is making a fool of himself opposing charter schools where black students are achieving.
Read more about Los Angeles here.