Albert shanker, president of American Federation of Teachers until his death in 1998, argues that there is no evidence that privating the public schools works or that the public wants discipline and academic standards, which can be provided by public schools modeled after those of countries with better primary and secondary education than the United States. ... As of 1995, 13 states allowed students to cross-district lines and take with them their share of state and local educational funds. ... There were 786 charter schools up and running, with another 500 or so expected by the end of the yea...

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