The Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU 88.5
The future of the charter school movement
Monday, January 11, 2010
*At approximately 46:39 into the broadcast, guest Jay Mathews highlighted the interactive school quality database that FOCUS has recently made available on its Web site.
To listen to the clip, please click the following link: http://thekojonnamdishow.org/audio-player?nid=16056
Program description: The District is at the epicenter of a recent nationwide explosion in charter schools. Once seen as an experiment in applying "private sector" solutions to public education, charters are now proliferating in many urban-- and some suburban-- school districts. D.C. now boasts nearly 60 charter schools. We begin a multi-part conversation about the future of the charter school movement in the Washington region.
Guests:
Thomas Nida
Chairman of the D.C. Public Charter School Board; Executive Vice President at United Bank
Jay Mathews
Education columnist for the Washington Post