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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Broad Prize winner fights charters — Joanne Jacobs

Broad Prize winner fights charters — Joanne Jacobs

Broad Prize winner fights charters

Everyone was talking up education reform when Gwinnett County (Georgia) Public Schools accepted this year’sBroad Prize winner, writes Rick Hess. But Gwinnett is trying to squelch charter schools in Georgia; it’s one of several districts suing the Georgia Charter Schools Commission to stop authorization and funding of charter schools.

This is especially awkward in the case of charters like Ivy Preparatory Academy, an all-girls