Thursday, October 14, 2010

Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes (or Cherrypickers) - TIME

Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes (or Cherrypickers) - TIME

Charter Schools: The Good Ones Aren't Flukes

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Charter schools are all the rage these days. The public is increasingly smitten with them — in this year's Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup education poll, 68% of respondents said they support charter schools, up from 42% in 2000 — but few people know what charters are. When the education journal Education Next asked Americans some basic questions this summer about charter



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