An Oral History
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We traveled coast to coast during the first half of 2016, sitting down with more than two dozen educators, school leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists to document the origins of America’s top public charter schools — and the web of collaborators who came together to nurture the charter networks that would reinvent American education. The networks represented here are now educating kids across the country, from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, San Francisco to Newark, Houston to Boston, San Antonio to Chicago, the Bronx to the Rio Grande Valley.
This is a living history; an evolving portrait of America’s public charter schools.
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Nina Rees, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
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Seth Andrew and Katie Duffy, Democracy Prep Public Schools
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Derwin Sisnett, Gestalt Community Schools
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Diane Tavenner, Summit Public Schools
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Emilio Pack, STEM Prep Schools
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Norman Atkins, Uncommon Schools
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Marc Sternberg, Walton Family Foundation
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Oliver Sicat & USC Hybrid High’s First Graduation
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Dacia Toll, Achievement First
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Victoria Rico, Brackenridge Foundation
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Don Shalvey, Aspire Public Schools
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Brooke: America’s Best Charter?
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Tom Torkelson, IDEA Public Schools
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Linda Brown, Building Excellent Schools
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Brett Peiser, Uncommon Schools
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Steve Barr, Green Dot Public Schools
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Jay Mathews, Columnist
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Jessica Nauiokas, Mott Haven Academy
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Michael Milkie, Noble Network of Charter Schools
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Jamey Verrilli, Relay Graduate School of Education
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Kevin Hall, Charter School Growth Fund
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Richard Whitmire, Author
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Dave Levin, KIPP
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Joel Klein, Former NYC Schools Chancellor
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JoAnn Gama, IDEA Public Schools
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Mike Feinberg, KIPP
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Darryl Cobb, Charter School Growth Fund
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Malka Borrego, Equitas Academy Charter Schools
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Richard Barth, KIPP Foundation
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