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California Earns ‘C’ Grade on Charter Schools

California Earns ‘C’ Grade on Charter Schools
Bay Area students are given new musical instruments at KIPP Bridge Charter School in San Francisco on August 12, 2014. Michael Buckner/Getty Images for StubHub
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Has it been 30 years? I remember in 1992 writing articles advocating charter schools for California. That year, state Sen. Gary Hart, a progressive Democrat, sponsored a bill establishing 100 charters. The teachers’ unions opposed it like a swarm of hornets going after a 10-year-old who poked their nest.

John Seiler
John Seiler
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John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]
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