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Democrats raise new concerns about charter schools
- 06-06-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
A House education subcommittee held a hearing on public charter schools — but Republicans and Democrats issued such different takes on the session that it doesn’t sound like they were in the same room during the proceedings. The Democratic recounting of the hearing held last week on the Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education speaks about serious concerns raised by witnesses about the accessibility of charter schools to all students and about the role for-profit companies play in the charter movement. Meanwhile, the release issued by the Republicans who control the subcommittee, praised charters and made no mention of problems with some charter schools. Here are the two different releases, complete with headlines: (more...)
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