Policing the rush to charter schools
By Valerie Strauss
Here is an editorial that was published in the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne about education policies in Indiana. It specifically refers toreform plans by Gov. Mitch Daniels that include promoting vouchers for students to use to attend private schools, greatly increasing the number of charter schools, and paying teachers according to how well their students do on standardized tests, while limiting collective bargaining between teachers unions and schools. This was written by Tracy Warner, editorial page editor, who has worked at The Journal Gazette since 1981.
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