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The big business of charter schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

The big business of charter schools - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:


The big business of charter schools

If you are wondering why you should add charter schools to your investment portfolios, here’s David Brain, head of a major investment concern called Entertainment Properties Trust, to tell you.
This isn’t a joke.
You may think charter schools are just one option for parents looking for an alternative to traditional public schools for their children, but they are big business in some quarters.
What is Entertainment Properties Trust? According to its website, it is “a specialty real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in properties in 

What schools need: Vigor instead of rigor

This was written by Joanne Yatvin, a vet­eran public school educator, author and past president of the National Council of Teachers of English. She is now teaching part-time at Portland State UniversityA version of this was originally published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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