The report seems quite subjective in cherry picking data to compare, that being said if your contention is true, parents now have a choice. It seems reasonable to me that JQ Public can send their children to the school of their choice. Let the market decide whether a school is succeeding or not. BTW, the swampland that was purchased and never used is a common wetland mitigation practice used when a building is constructed on ground deemed wetland.Look no farther than Detroit to debunk your theory...
Our new secretary of education, Betsy Devos, has graced our state of Michigan with her "school of choice" philosophy, pitting private charter schools against traditional public schools, and guess how it's turned out? After almost 20 years, it's been an abject failure. It's lined the pockets of the 1%, so I suppose she has accomplished what she's set out to do.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/betsy-devos-michigan-school-experiment-232399