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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Mother Crusader: How The Charter System In Florida Is "Working"

Mother Crusader: How The Charter System In Florida Is "Working":


How The Charter System In Florida Is "Working"

There is an absolutely staggering piece in the Miami Herald today about the closure of three charter schools.  

Two of the charters, Eagle and SMART, were run by the same management organization, and the third, Touchdowns4life, was founded by former Miami Dolphins running back Terry Kirby.

During an on-campus visit to Eagle Charter, school staff could not immediately provide an administrator to comment for this story. A call to the cell phone of Edward Miller — CEO of the charter management company for both Eagle and SMART — went unanswered, and his voicemail