DCPS seeks authority to create charter schools

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D.C. Public Schools is pursuing the authority to create charter schools and turn existing schools into charters, the schools chancellor said Thursday.

“The reason I would pursue my chartering authority is twofold,” Chancellor Kaya Henderson said. “One is I think that for a number of our schools that are doing very well, what we know is autonomy allows for innovation, and allows for people to be successful.”

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