Mich. Lawmakers Pass Bill To Fix Charter Law

By Mark Walsh

Michigan lawmakers have come to the aid of the state's first charter schools, which were denied funding last fall when a judge overturned the state's charter-school law.

In Massachusetts, meanwhile, officials have approved that state's first 14 charter schools, which are to open this coming fall.

The Michigan legislature, during a special session last month, passed a new charter law designed to address the judge's concern that the state board of education did not have adequate oversight of charter schools...