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Charter Authorizers Face Challenges

Strong authorizing can create and support high-quality charter schools, and weak authorizing can enable lousy charter schools to open or stay open.

The 2013 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings

The Edu-Scholar Rankings seek to recognize those university-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about K–12 and higher education

The School Inspector Calls

Low ratings drive improvements for schools in England

Still Teaching for America

Common vision creates forward momentum

Learning Optimized

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