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Enquanto por cá o MEC continua a apostar forte nos colégios com contrato de associação, que apesar de manterem o financiamento estão a dispensar professores, no Alabama a legislação sobre as charter schools aguarda melhores dias.

De facto, o governador republicano do estado recusou incluir legislação sobre charter schools nas suas próximas iniciativas, alegando motivos suficientemente fortes para os josésmanueisfernandes lá do sítio meterem o rabinho entre as pernas:

The numbers just didn’t add up. Research shows that we would end up with about 1,000 students statewide in above-average charter schools. But at an administrative cost of $1,800 per child — or $45,000 per classroom. Give any school in Alabama that much money for additional staff and materials and you will see a change in performance, whether you call them a charter school or not.