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Alexander Russo: Meet the Poster Child for Charter School Burnout

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Meet the Poster Child for Charter School Burnout

Posted: 9/7/11 03:30 PM ET


A young charter school administrator named Jessica Reid played a small but important role in Steve Brill's book, Class Warfare, both in illustrating how some of the higher-performing charter schools do things and in highlighting the wear and tear that such efforts can create.

What's it been like for her to be part of the book -- her second stint as a character in a nonfiction account of school reform -- and what does she think about key issues such as sustainability, ending LIFO, and unionization? Read the interview below. You might be surprised:

Did you have any idea that you and your career decisions were going to be such a hotly-debated part of debate surrounding the Brill book this summer?

JR: I had no idea. In fact, I didn't really realize that I was going to actually be in Brill's book. He