Duncan: States Could Lose Stimulus Dollars if they Fail to Embrace Charters

Libby Quaid:

Education Secretary Arne Duncan says states will hurt their chance to compete for millions of federal stimulus dollars if they fail to embrace innovations like charter schools.

Duncan was responding to a question about Tennessee, where Democratic state lawmakers have blocked an effort to let more kids into charter schools. President Barack Obama wants to expand the number of charter schools.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 1, 2009 4:03 AM
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