Speaking of Frauds,

why do these politicians continue to call themselves "Democrats" when they are nothing of the kind?

Charter schools are scams, period. They aren't better than public schools.

They are licenses to steal:

While other states also have weighed lifting caps, charter advocates point to left-leaning Massachusetts as a somewhat unlikely model for the movement. "This demonstrates that charter schools are a viable reform," said Nina Rees, president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a nonprofit aimed at advancing the movement. "If it can happen in Massachusetts, it can happen anywhere."

Charter schools receive public funding but, unlike public schools, employ mostly nonunion teachers and have autonomy in school districts, which allows them to set their own conditions, such as longer school days. They have long been embraced by Republicans for introducing choice in education, but have been assailed by some teacher unions and others as hurting traditional public schools.

Note here that the reporters does not call charter schools "public schools," because they aren't. There is no such thing as a "public" charter school because charter schools aren't held to the same rules as public schools, and therefore they are not public schools.

They are private schools that siphon off public money.