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Amy Silverman: We Shouldn't Turn Our Back On Public Schools

It’s been a busy week for education. A new Secretary of Education was confirmed. The charter school crowd and the public-school crowd cheered and wailed. And the Arizona Senate continues to debate the use of vouchers to pay for charters.

Commentator Amy Silverman has a lunch pail full of reasons why we shouldn’t turn our back on public schools. Silverman is managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She blogs about her daughter Sophie at GirlInAPartyHat.com.


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