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Resistance Grows: Critics Ignore Charter Schools’ Success
Submitted by Diallo Dphrepaulezz on 7.6.2001
Across the country, school boards, teacher unions and activists are fueling a culture of resistance to charter schools and school-choice alternatives for parents, particularly minorities. The San Francisco School Board’s campaign against a local charter school, using racial pretexts, is one of the most outrageous examples
Sidebar: Deal Forced on Edison, Despite Meritless Charges
Submitted on 7.1.2001
The charges against the Edison Charter Academy by the San Francisco School Board are completely without merit, according to a report from the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute, released a week before the board’s vote on the disposition of the Academy’s charter. Despite this, the school board used the threat of charter revocation to force the Edison company into accepting an unattractive deal, said the report’s author, PRI Policy Fellow Diallo Dphrepaulezz.
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