Explaining the Charter School Battle Lines

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 7, 2014

Since the de Blasio administration's withdrawal of permission for 3 of 49 charter schools under review to co-locate with public schools, charges of playing politics with children's educations have flown on both sides of the debate. Beth Fertig, contributing editor for education at WNYC and Schoolbook.org, and Robert Lewis, WNYC investigative reporter, talk about this battle over education and the money behind some of the protests.

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