Geoff Decker

Chalkbeat

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Senior reporter covering education for Chalkbeat, a website a news site covering educational change in New York schools

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In the past 20 years, charters have established themselves as familiar alternatives to the perceived failures of traditional public schools.

Charter Schools Face Growing Pains

In the past 20 years, charters have established themselves as familiar alternatives to the perceived failures of traditional public schools.

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