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The Delaware State Education Association has hired Belden Russonello & Stewart Research and Communications, a Washington public relations firm, to craft a campaign to limit the expansion of public charter schools. The firm has recommended that the union not "attack charters directly," but rather focus on making funding the main reason for restricting the number of charters and "use teachers to carry the message." "This is a jihad against charter schools," said Greg Meece of the Delaware Charter School Network. "DSEA's mission is supposed to be to support their teachers, not to bash charter schools." Rep. Deborah Hudson said she doesn't understand why DSEA puts so much focus on public charter schools when district schools have other pressing issues. "Charter schools have been for the most part very successful, and I think that it's causing some anxiety within DSEA," she said. "Maybe they fear some of their members will want to work in charter schools or the district students will go into charter schools."
Source: News Journal
Date: 06/20/2008
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