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Quality Choices

Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level

David Griffith, Ph.D.
Foreword by:
Amber M. Northern, Ph.D.
Michael J. Petrilli
1.26.2022
1.26.2022

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David Griffith is the National Research Director at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on various subjects including charter schools, …

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