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Charter school laws surge in Maine, N.C., Tenn.
- 06-17-2011
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By Joy Resmovits/Huffington Post
The charter school movement appears to be making gains as new laws expanding charter access have worked their way through several state legislatures over the past week. "There's a push to reconceptualize what public education looks like," said Charles Russo, a professor of education and law at at Dayton University. "People would like to see a new model tried to give parents more say. That's what they're selling." Charter schools are publicly funded but can be independently run. Maine's legislature is expected to rubber stamp a law Thursday afternoon that would allow the creation of the state's first charter schools, leaving only nine states in the country without a charter school law. (more...)
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