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“IDEA uses very inexperienced teachers. That’s how they operate so cheaply and [CEO Tom] Torkelson can make $317,000 a year with 8,000 students.”
– Edward J. Fuller on a proposed Austin Independent School District contract with a charter school operator
This article appears in December 9 • 2011.
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