In Arizona, the charter school movement is expanding into the most impoverished area of Phoenix for the first time. The New York Times reports that the goal is to open 25 high-performing schools over five years within the 220 square miles of the Phoenix Union High School District. The district, in South and central Phoenix, has a largely poor, majority Latino student body.
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