WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of more than 160 black leaders is demanding that the NAACP call off its planned push for national moratorium on charter schools by highlighting the benefits of school choice for black families.

The NAACP, a self-described “civil rights” group, in July announced plans to call for a national charter school moratorium to align with the nation’s largest teachers unions, which view charter schools that are typically not unionized as direct competition in public education.

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Mother Jones reports:

In a September 21 letter, a coalition of educators, current and former politicians, public officials, and black leaders claimed that the charter school moratorium would deny parents the opportunity to choose “what’s best for their children” – and restrict access to high-quality alternatives to traditional public schools.

“The proposed (NAACP) resolution cites a variety of cherry-picked and debunked claims about charter schools,” the letter reads. “The notion of dedicated charter school founders and educators acting like predatory subprime mortgage lenders – a comparison the resolution explicitly makes – is a far cry from the truth.”

The NAACP’s position against charter schools, however, falls in line with the Democratic Party Platform, which is heavily influenced by the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. The NEA sent the NAACP a $100,000 “national partnership grant” in 2014 that many believe is evidence that the black rights group sold out students for political gain, EAGnews reports.

The 2014 payment, listed in the union’s LM-2 report, is one of many teachers unions have sent to the NAACP over the years.

So it’s no surprise that the grievances the NAACP cited in its call for a moratorium on charters this summer cite the exact same frayed and disproven talking points against charters that union officials have harped about for years.

“The NAACP reaffirms its 2014 Resolution, ‘School Privatization Threat to Public Education,’ in which the NAACP opposes the privatization of public schools and/or public subsidizing or funding of for-profit or charter schools,” the NAACP’s 2016 resolution reads.

“The NAACP will continue to advocate against any state or federal legislation which commits or diverts public funding, allows tax breaks, or establishes preferential advantages to for-profit, private and/or charter schools.”

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The letter sent to the NAACP this month by black leaders, who are seeking to stop the official confirmation of the NAACP’s 2016 resolution by its national board next month, cites several reasons why snubbing for profit charter schools is a terrible idea, especially for minority students who have largely been trapped in sup-par public schools for decades.

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The letter cites research from Stanford’s enter for Research on Educational Outcomes from 2015 that showed students attending charter schools in 41 cities in 22 states showed students learned more English and math than their counterparts in traditional public schools.

“The gains were particularly pronounced for low-income, black, and Hispanic students, as well as English-language learners,” Mother Jones reports. “Poor black students, for instance, received the equivalent of 59 additional days of math learning and 44 days of reading learning. For poor Hispanic students, the gains were 48 days of math instruction and 25 days of reading.”

CREDO research also shows that between 2006 and 2012 61 percent of Philadelphia charter schools outperformed traditional public schools in math and reading, while other research shows charter school students in Chicago and Florida are more likely to graduate, go to college and earn more money than students in regular public schools, according to the news site.

New York City charter schools have also posted impressive results with low-income and minority students who typically lag behind in the city’s public schools, and they’re slowly replacing traditional public schools as the best educational option in the city, EAGnews reports.

The letter to the NAACP explains that the encouraging progress of charter schools, particularly in closing the achievement gap that has plagued public schools for decades, is a major reason why black families are flocking to the schools.

The academic success is driving an overwhelming demand for charter schools that would be ignored by the nation’s largest black advocacy group if the moratorium is approved, the black leaders argued.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools recently released a survey showing at least 80 percent of black, Hispanic, and low income parents want more charter schools, Mother Jones noted.

“And since 2000, the number of charters nearly quadrupled, from about 1.7 percent to 6.6 percent of public schools,” and many of the new charter have long waiting lists for enrollment, according to the news site.

“For many urban black families, charter schools are making it possible to do what affluent families have long been able to do: rescue their children from failing schools,” the letter to the NAACP read. “Making charter schools the enemy in a fight for adequate education funding doesn’t serve the interest of all students. We cannot sacrifice another generation of students to the status quo.”