http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-11/property-investors-bet-on-rising-dem... I understand that charter schools need land and buildings, and that means somebody has to make a real estate investment, but it doesn't put me at ease to see Bloomberg's coverage of investment firms spending millions to jump into the charter school business. After all, I think our recent history with the housing bubble shows us that such investors aren't exactly altruistic.