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Camden’s New Charter School District: Cause for Celebration or Litigation?

My piece today at WHYY’s Newsworks looks at George Norcross’s plans to open a charter school “Renaissance district” in Camden under the auspices of the Urban Hope Act. Up to five spanking new schools run by the highly-respected KIPP TEAM group, in an Abbott district that is home to 23 of NJ’s worst schools? What’s not to like?

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Laura Waters

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