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Education > Education (Other) Should states allow charter schools?

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For years now, secondary public education in the United States has struggled under the weight of administrative bureaucracy and a misguided focus on structure rather than academic success, particularly within urban centers. It is an issue that first received widespread attention upon publication of the 1983 president-commissioned report, "A Nation at Risk" and continues to be a topic of concern in almost every election at the city, state and national level. In light of bureaucratic reluctance to initiate fundamental reform, other alternatives to traditional public schools have been born ou...

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