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John B. King Jr.: “And honestly, for me, the draw of starting a charter school was having that freedom around budget, around staffing…”

On the recordJune 3, 2009
And honestly, for me, the draw of starting a charter school was having that freedom around budget, around staffing, around curriculum instruction, around school culture, to do the things that were necessary to get great results for kids.
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John B. King Jr.
Louisiana

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Explaining motivations for starting a charter school.

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