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Charter Schools, public money and private profit.

Hello again, I'm on me, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

In the past 20 years, charters have established themselves as familiar alternatives

to the perceived failures of traditional public schools. With teachers and politicians still debating

their educational quality, another question has been submerged. Who's keeping track of the money?

Some non-profit charters are managed by for-profit companies and local school boards often lose track of what's happening to public funds.

Do charters make public education a backdoor to private profit using taxpayer money?

Today's talking point are cyber vandals a security threat to U.S. Central Command?

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