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Article: California Groups Give Different Grades to State's Charter Schools.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 8, 2003
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By Joelle Tessler, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 8--Two California groups that study charter schools released studies Monday that come to very different conclusions about how those schools are performing.
With many school districts viewing charters as rivals for funding and students, the contradictory studies provide ammunition to both sides in the debate over whether charter schools, which are proliferating around California and the nation, are superior to traditional public schools.
"Charter schools are controversial because they cut to the power and control of the whole educational system," said ...
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