Episode 7: The Charter School Debate
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English - September 24, 2018 18:41 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsCourses Education counseling education educationpolicy highereducation k12education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the United States, approximately 5% of children attend charter schools. So why are these schools such a hot topic among educators, advocates, policy makers, politicians, and parents? Dr. Iris Rotberg and Dr. Joshua Glazer, editors of the book Choosing Charters - Better Schools or More Segregation?, discuss the goals, challenges, and outcomes of the charter movement from different perspectives based on their research in the field.
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