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knitter4democracy

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11. Not all charters are for-profit.

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #9)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 10:37 PM

Feb 2012

I worked for one last year that was managed by the local school district (it's their alternative high school that was spun off as a semi-independent charter several years back). I think that's a great model, personally, but there are for-profit companies out there trying to run charters, and that's just a nightmare.

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Yes well the billionaires who give oh so much shit about poor kids want to be sure MichiganVote Feb 2012 #10

I decided to use standardized test scores sulphurdunn Feb 2012 #12

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