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Article: A work in progress: Michigan's potent combination of interdistrict choice and charter schooling is forcing traditional public schools to take notice. Whether they respond is often a different story. (Forum).
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- Education Next
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- December 22, 2001
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Between the traffic reports and familiar pop songs, drive-time radio in Lansing, Michigan's capital city, has a new feature: slickly produced advertisements for the East Lansing Public Schools. With the number of children living in East Lansing declining, school administrators have become increasingly aggressive in their efforts to attract students and the state dollars that come with them. They have been joined by a host of other education providers--public school districts, for-profit management firms, charter schools, and private schools--trumpeting their virtues in an increasingly crowded and competitive market for schooling.
After five years, school choice ...