Anchorage Charter Schools: What are they and who goes?

From Mediatrackers.org
A few weeks ago on Hometown Alaska, hosts Kathleen McCoy and Charles Wohlforth invited listeners to suggest show topics. Many great ideas came in by phone and email. One we’ll pick up today is the request for a discussion on charter schools. Our goal in today’s show is to explain what the schools are, how they are funded, how they perform, how families get into the information loop.
The Anchorage School District website lists 10 charters schools. They range bro