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Published: December 26, 2008
Tulsa board should have nixed charter school suit
The Oklahoman Editorial
T ULSA’S school board members had a great opportunity last week to swallow their pride and back off a misguided lawsuit targeting charter schools. Instead, they’ll keep playing Scrooge.

A year ago, the board voted to sue the state over the 1999 law that authorized the state’s first charter schools. Proponents of charter schools convinced lawmakers to curtail the number of districts that could sponsor...

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