The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5 (NPR)
The business of charter schools
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
*While discussing the topic of facilities funding during the last half hour of the broadcast, Kojo presented the following comment by FOCUS:
“A point on charter facilities funding in the District:
In the last D.C. budget, D.C. public charter schools received less than half the public facilities funding that city-run schools receive on a per-student basis.”
To listen to the clip, please click the following link: http://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio-player?nid=16136
Program description: Lofty educational goals and innovative ideas help to get most charter schools off the ground. But behind the scenes of the charter system is a maze of complex business transactions -- like financing, compliance regulations and property deals. We explore the business behind charter education and the labyrinth of issues involved.
Guests:
Emily Lawson
Founder and CEO of DC Prep charter school
Kathleen deLaski
Senior Program Officer for Education, The Walton Family Foundation
Nelson Smith
President of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.