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Final stretch: Is charter school amendment about “money versus public schools” or “giving every child an option”? | Get Schooled

Final stretch: Is charter school amendment about “money versus public schools” or “giving every child an option”? | Get Schooled:


Final stretch: Is charter school amendment about “money versus public schools” or “giving every child an option”?

As election day looms, the AJC examines the emotions and money around the charter school amendment in a Sunday piece. The amendment remains an explosive issue with great interest from both inside and outside the state.
Pro-amendment groups, including national school-choice advocates and for-profit charter school operators, have raised more than $2 million; amendment opponents have collected $123,243, mostly from public school officials, according to an analysis of campaign-finance records by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Please read the entire piece before commenting.
The AJC editorial page came out today in opposition to Amendment One, saying it would be a waste of