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Proposal stirs charter school debate: Choice vs. quality?
- 10-13-2011
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By Lori Higgins And Chastity Pratt Dawsey/Detroit Free Press
A legislative proposal to lift the state cap on charter schools would provide parents unprecedented options for K-12 education, but some critics fear it would litter the state with ineffective, profit-minded operators. The legislation, part of a sweeping package wending its way through the Legislature, would make Michigan among the least restrictive states. Other states have lifted caps in recent years as they competed for U.S. education grants. The nine-bill package would allow charters to open in high-achieving districts, where they currently are banned, and remove the cap on the number sponsored by universities, among other changes. (more...)
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