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TribBlog: Imagine the Controversy

by Abby Rapoport
November 17, 2009  |  2

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State Board of Education meetings are a little like Austin City Limits — know where to look and there's sure to be entertainment. At this week's gathering, the most bizarre and controversial scenes won't be in the full meetings, but unexpectedly in the Committee on School Initiatives where two Imagine International charters will make their case to receive charter contracts.

The company has a history of contentious school management and questionable non-profit status — the charter school community's nightmare. As both state and federal policymakers push for more charter schools, the Imagine case stands in stark contrast to ...

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Comments (2)

  • Joe wrote on 11/17/2009 9:50 a.m.

    Where is the original reporting in this story? It appears to be little, if anything, more than a rewrite of a Dallas Morning News story.

  • eamartinez wrote on 11/17/2009 10:56 a.m.

    Excellent report.