500 New Charter Schools, 270K More Charter Students

January 16, 2013 | By Desiree Boardwine | Categorized: Commentary

January 16, 2013 | By Desiree Boardwine | Categorized: Commentary

The National Alliance has released new numbers from its Public Charter Schools Dashboard showing that this past fall 500 new charter schools opened their doors and an additional 270,000 students enrolled in charter schools over last year. Check out their blog post on the new numbers here and their new Details from the Dashboard feature here.

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