Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More Duncan dollars to charter operators

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: More Duncan dollars to charter operators

More Duncan dollars to charter operators

by Mike Klonsky

This time around it's $50 million, going mainly to cash-rich private management companies like KIPP, Aspire, and Achievement First for 2-3-many-school expansion. KIPP, the mother of all charter school chains, go the biggest chunk of federal dollars,

$14.5 million for 21 new schools and 11 expanded schools in a bunch of states including Arkansas, Colorado, Washington, DC, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,