May 30, 2012
Recorded at EWA's 65th National Seminar on May 18, 2012
Charter advocates are pushing for greater access to facilities
and more equitable funding. At the same time, some school districts
are seeing steep budget cuts, and in some cases facing bankruptcy,
in part because of a shift of students and funding to charter
schools. We explore a range of perspectives on this complicated
issue.
Moderator: Dale Mezzacappa, contributing editor, Philadelphia
Public School Notebook
- Bryan Hassel, co-director, Public Impact
- Gary Miron, professor, Western Michigan University
- Pedro Ramos, chairman, Philadelphia School
- Reform Board
- Joe Williams, executive director, Democrats for Education Reform