Charter schools when school choice means the opposite.

CHARTER schools; SCHOOL choice; EDUCATIONAL standards; COMMUNITY-school relationships; EDUCATION policy

However, the solutions offered by proponents of market-based reforms include rolling back charter-school regulations, such as teacher-licensing requirements, and allowing more groups to approve new charter schools. The Arizona State Board for Charter Schools is now investigating charges that companies affiliated with a charter organization that operates a dozen schools made as much as $37 million from managing and leasing charter-school buildings. [Extracted from the article]

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