1. A rapidly growing alternative to vouchers is the charter school movement, under which communities can create new schools with fewer of the strictures of the traditional ones. 2. Fleming, one of the two fathers of the charter reform movement, admits some disappointment. 3. Fleming, who helped found the elected charter reform commission movement with Mayor Richard Riordan, has said repeatedly that he prefers charter reform to secession. 4. In less than two years, the charter movement has become a significant force in Colorado. 5. Like other for-profit education companies, Advantage has targeted the burgeoning charter school movement as the core of its business. 6. Miles away in neighboring Arizona, a younger charter school movement is bounding ahead, growing furiously and with few restrictions. 7. Not all so positive However, not all districts have reacted so positively to the charter school movement, according to educational observers. 8. Other states with strong charter movements are reining in growth of the schools. 9. Remember way back when the charter school movement thought it was fair to condemn the Dayton Public Schools for test scores? 10. Riordan was successful in seeing his charter reform movement win voter support although his candidate slate was routed in electing a commission. |
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