When did 1960's liberals who 'hate the govt' start loving this $35T monster?

Do you have data to back this up?
The federal government weaponizes school boards to identify parents as terrorists? Really? Data please.

Charter schools.
First of all charter schools are free public schools run by the state or local government.
They are not private schools.
They are paid for by taxes.
They currently seem to operate at about the same level of proficiency in regards to student outcomes.

(As of 2020) Much of the gain they experience over traditional public schools comes from the fact that they have select students.
To enter a charter school a student must have an inclination to attend the particular specialty that the school provides, resulting in more dedicated students.
Many charter schools have a disproportionate number of English language students as opposed to traditional public schools in the same area. (Which means fewer English as a second language students, who are harder to teach.) They may also have a lower number of special needs students. For example Souderton Cs Collaborative in PA is ranked in the top 5% of all schools in PA. But it only enrolls 235 students in grades K through 8. The student/teacher ratio is 8 to 1 as opposed to 14/1 average in all other PA schools. Which means a lower teacher to student ratio which leads to better learning.
Finally 43% of the students are Asian, who typically perform better in school verses 37% of the student body in traditional public schools being made up of blacks and Hispanics, who typically due worse than average.

Charter schools tend to have stricter disciplinary rules as they have a limited number of student openings and can expel behavior problem students easier than traditional public schools as the student then is enrolled in those traditional public schools.
They can also jettison low scoring children by targeted "harassment".

And I haven't even started on vouchers.

 

Yes, well I addressed this issue in my last post. For example your source lists the achievements of Success Academy. I gave you several reasons for their success, student to teacher ratio, low needy student enrollment, and high Asian enrollment.

From the study:

That is 64%, or well over half, have equal or lower results than traditional public schools. Even with all their advantages.

So what does all this mean?
First of all the title is misleading, as charter schools are public schools, how can they be outperforming public schools, which they are?
Second, if you lower the student to teacher ratio, you get better results.
Third, if you have more motivated students, you get better results.

This is a June 6, 2023 comment on the current Credo report. (Raymond is the founder and director of CREDO) It is saying that the charter schools that were looked at in the study reviewed the applicants to those schools and got better at choosing who they admitted resulting in a higher class of learner. And apparently they are better at removing unwanted students at the "point of renewal".
Fourth online charter schools performed terribly, in relation to traditional public schools.

Fifth, as I said, special education students are doing poorly in charter schools.

(My italics)

 

First remember that in many cases charter schools are exempt from many state public school regulations.
That being said charter schools cannot op out of excepting special needs students....but students must apply to charter schools and then be accepted. Traditional public schools must take everyone, no exceptions. Now charter schools aren't allowed to “counsel out” students they don't want. But guess what? As charter schools may have special behavioral rules, or high achievement standards......:

Trade schools may not be able to handle special needs students, that is students with physical disabilities, such as blindness, paralysis, brain damage, etc. or cognitive disorders, or behavior problems. For instance in one of the traditional public schools I worked in, I taught a blind child, deaf children, and we had those in wheelchairs that had to wear helmets to protect their brain cage, and those who needed "wrap arounds" that is those children who had to have a dedicated adult aide with them at all times due to behavior disorders.

This is all in addition to I.E.P.s which are individual instruction packets outlining special instruction requirements of individual students.
For example in one class of thirty students I have had those who could only take multiple choice tests, those who had to have tests read to them, those who had to have word banks on tests, those who could only take match the answer to the question tests, those who couldn't speak English and had to leave the room to have the test interpreted, in addition to those who required being seated away from the windows or doors, or rear of the room or front of the room, etc.

In 2021 2022 there were about 7.3 million special needs students or 15%.

We have always had a two tier educational system. Those who have money or live in rich districts get better educations.

How would that work?