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Thursday, October 9, 2008
A focus on charter schools
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I sat though the State Board of Education meeting Wednesday and there was a lot of talk about charter schools.
They talked whether there should be a limit on the number of charter systems they approve annually. They discussed the formation of the new Georgia Charter Schools Commission, created by the state Legislature during the last session, which can approve charter schools.
Charter schools give parents another option. Here you have a free school that is open to everyone and promises to offer unique and innovative programs.
But there are few of these schools. Georgia has 114 charter schools but more than 2,100 public schools total.
What do you think of all this focus on charter schools? Should so much money and attention be given to schools few Georgians attend?
