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Why Do NJ Charter Schools Excite So Much Animosity?

Last week, on my blog at WHYY’s Newsworks, I responded to Dr. Diane Ravitch’s rebuttal to NJ Ed. Comm. Cerf’s editorial on charter schools at NJ Spotlight. This exchange has generated a lot of heat, although not much light. In my post today, I address the portfolio of public school choice in NJ — magnet schools, the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, and charter schools — and wonder why it’s only charters that excite such animosity.

Read it here.

Laura Waters

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