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The Founders By Richard Whitmire

Excerpts, highlights and analysis from the new Richard Whitmire book ‘The Founders: Inside the revolution to invent (and reinvent) America’s best charter schools,’ now available at The74Million.org/TheFounders

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Video Exclusive: 4 School Founders, 4 Inspiring True Stories — How Summit Public Schools, Gestalt Community Schools, and Democracy Prep Came to Be

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Inside the 2004 Denver Summit That Changed the Course of America’s Public Charter Schools

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A ‘Founders’ Excerpt: How 4 Visionary Entrepreneurs Joined Forces to Launch Uncommon Schools

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A ‘Founders’ Excerpt: How Joel Klein Found His Disruptive Force — and Reshaped NYC Education

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A ‘Founders’ Excerpt: USC Hybrid High, a Los Angeles Breakthrough, Graduates Its Very First Class

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A ‘Founders’ Excerpt: IDEA Charters in Texas – A Lone Star Charter Success Story

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A ‘Founders’ Excerpt: The Noble Network of Schools Thrives in Chicago — Against All Odds

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Arne Duncan: What Impresses Me Most About the First 25 Years of Public Charter Schools

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