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Claire Smrekar

Claire Smrekar is an associate professor of public policy and education at Vanderbilt University.

Mar 27, 2018

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What We Can Learn From Closure of Charter School That DeVos Praised as “Shining Example”

Excel Academy now joins the list of 200 to 300 charter schools shut down each year across the nation due to poor performance.

by: Claire Smrekar,; The Conversation

January 17, 2018

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