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Article: Public, Charter Schools Not Equal under New Federal Law.
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- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2003
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Byline: Carmen J. Lee
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, regular public school teachers are supposed to have state ...