This week, 4,000 people are in Minneapolis for the National Public Charter School's 20th anniversary.
The nation's first public charter school was opened in Saint Paul some 20 years ago. New "Charters 2.0" legislation has been introduced to close the achievement gap in the charter school system -- that bill being introduced by Rep. Kelby Woodard (R-Belle Plaine).
While there are dozens and dozens of remarkable charter successes nationally and statewide of many different varieties -- project-based, language immersion, online, classical, performing arts -- it is true that there are too many chronically low-performing public charter schools.
This is true both nationally and in Minnesota.
