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Mark Lerner has been actively involved in Washington, D.C.'s charter school movement and the issues surrounding school choice for over 10 years as a tutor, board of directors member, and board chair. He can be reached at mlerner10@comcast.net.

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Los Angeles Times editors look at the charter school landscape and find results mixed

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

A couple of days ago the editors of the Los Angeles Times took a look at the academic record of charter schools...
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Washington Post editors confused about equal treatment for charter schools

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

The editors of the Washington Post applaud the recent decision by Deputy Mayor for Education Vincent Reinoso to put...
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The fatal conceit: the errors of national education policy

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Watching the Race to the Top and the Administration's efforts to open more charter schools, develop a national...
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KIPP should close its Baltimore campus

Thursday, November 19th, 2009 · 2 comments

A Washington Post article by Nick Anderson last Saturday about Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton together visiting a...
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The race to mediocrity

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 · 1 comment

I linked to a posting by education scholar Diane Ravitch recently and based upon her most recent article I may have...
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Arizona charter schools mirror those in the rest of the country

Extremely interesting article in yesterday's Washington Post by Nick Anderson on the 500 charter schools now in...
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New charter school facility incubator announced

The editors of the Washington Post are gleeful about new incubator space for two charters created out of the closed...
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D.C. puts developers in front of students

Excellent letter to the editor by Sam Broeksmit of Mount Pleasant appearing in the November 11th edition of the...
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Education scholar Diane Ravitch goes after charter schools and Duncan

Diane Ravitch is on a roll. First, she finds the recent study touting charter school success in New York City by...
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A Berlin Wall needs to fall in D.C. so that each child can receive a private school voucher

The images and symbolism coming from Berlin yesterday on the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall...
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