Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Jerry Weast has recommended the first charter school for the county. The school, Community Montessori Public Charter School, would be run by Crossway Community Inc.

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On the surface, it makes sense that MoCo would want to jump on the charter school bandwagon. After all, charter schools are popular policy. But Montgomery — whose graduation rate is tops in the nation, and whose schools overall are among the best — doesn't have an educational void that would need to be filled by charter schools. Why charter schools, MoCo? The answer seems to be, why not?

[via Examiner]