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Article: Public, Charter Schools Not E...ual under New Federal Law.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- August 29, 2003
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By Carmen J. Lee, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 29--Just as public schools across the country are grappling to comply with No Child Left Behind mandates, charter schools are under greater scrutiny because of the federal education law, too.
Greater, but not exactly the same.
As has been the case since their inception, charter schools can have more flexibility under the still relatively new federal law, most notably in the teachers they hire.
Under No Child Left Behind, it's up to each state to determine whether charter school teachers must be state certified or licensed.
In Pennsylvania, ...