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Charter schools in Portland (Ore.) district have had difficult path

June 29, 2009
District has turned down several applications

From The Portland Oregonian: Nowhere in Oregon does the natural tension set up by the state's 10-year-old charter school law play out more starkly than in Portland. The district has more charter schools than any other place in the state, but it also has turned down more than any other place.

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