The state Board of Education next month plans to review six proposals for open enrollment charter schools, including one targeted to children with special learning needs. The philosophy undergirding the charter is that children have different learning styles. HISD officials approved Lott's charter before the state law was signed. Houston Federation of Teachers President Gayle Fallon, who serves on Lott's board, endorsed his call for higher salaries for charter school teachers. They went into a new program with a total new structure.
Barber asserts that education is the only road to democracy.
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