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Class Struggle: Find out what happened when a struggling Humboldt County school district paired up with a charter school operator. A balanced article that helps you weigh the good and the bad that result from charters. Trivia question : did you know which district is considered the " charter capital " of the nation? Read on to find out.

Debate over Privatization Dominates School Race: This Examiner article was written just before the 1998 San Francisco school board election, an election heavily impacted by the privatization issue. Read about what sorts of parent concerns were overlooked when privatization became the primary issue. Also, get to know the agendas of the incumbents then and their strong competitors.

Edison School Revisited: A Poor School Is Transformed In a Year: Myrna Banks, a classroom volunteer, sends two of her kids to Edison Charter Academy (formerly a public school) in San Franciso. Get her personal account of what privatization has done to this school. She describes the many changes ranging from staff turnover to disciplinary issues.