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NAACP Votes to Back Moratorium on Charter Schools

HeadlineOct 18, 2016

In education news, the NAACP board of directors has voted to back a call for a moratorium on the growth of charter schools. NAACP Chair Roslyn Brock said, “We are moving forward to require that charter schools receive the same level of oversight, civil rights protections and provide the same level of transparency, and we require the same of traditional public schools.”

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