EAI Seeks To Team With Developers To Build Charter Schools in Arizona

Picture a new housing development that winds around freshly paved cul-de-sacs. A school is nestled in the middle of this planned community: a neighborhood school that children walk to and that developers and home builders can use as a marketing tool.

Now picture this: That neighborhood school is a publicly funded charter school, and it's being run by a for-profit education-management company and was built largely with private dollars.

It's a vision that some developers, home builders, state policymakers, and education companies are hoping eventually to make a reality in fast-growing Arizona. Similar ideas are under discussion in...