http://educationnext.org/polls-seem-to-differ-on-charters-but-in-fact-they-agree/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://educationnext.org/polls-seem-to-differ-on-charters-but-in-fact-they-agree/comment-page-1/#comment-177 George Mitchell Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:56:01 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49629323#comment-177 Considering this year's developments on a number of issues, rather than say "President Obama is supporting charters" it might be more accurate to say "President Obama says he supports charters." What Secretary Duncan does with Race to the Top $ and related matters will establish more clearly what the new administration means by its "support." Given that charters occupy such a broad continuum, from hollow to substantive, what it means to support charters is unclear to me. Considering this year’s developments on a number of issues, rather than say “President Obama is supporting charters” it might be more accurate to say “President Obama says he supports charters.” What Secretary Duncan does with Race to the Top $ and related matters will establish more clearly what the new administration means by its “support.” Given that charters occupy such a broad continuum, from hollow to substantive, what it means to support charters is unclear to me.

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