MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports on the opening of more than a dozen new charter schools in Minnesota, bringing the state's total to 64. This year's batch of schools includes some that are targeting specific racial and ethnic groups -- an approach that worries some education leaders.
Report highlights HOPE Academy, which stands for Hmong Open Partnership in Education.
Charter schools are public schools run independently of school districts and free of many of the rules and regulations. In theory, the removal of bureaucratic burdens allows educators more classroom creativity to try different learning approaches.