In the past 20 years, charters have established themselves as familiar alternatives to the perceived failures of traditional public schools. With teachers and politicians still debating their educational quality, another question has been submerged: who's keeping track of the money? Some non-profit charters are managed by for-profit companies, and local school boards often lose track of what's happening to public funds. Do charters make public education a backdoor to private profit using taxpayer money?
Charter Schools Face Growing Pains
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Guests:
- Marian Wang - ProPublica - @mariancw
- Nina Rees - National Alliance for Public Charter Schools - @Ninacharters
- Bruce Baker - Rutgers University
- Geoff Decker - Chalkbeat - @GDeckernews