I hung out with some of the New Jersey folks, and was really impressed with what I learned. They are proud of what they have achieved, eager to do more, but also frustrated about inequitable funding of charter schools in the Garden State, where 11,000 are on charter school waiting lists and the state approval process is bottlenecked, dubious, and about as transparent as the Hudson River.

Charles Barone, Director of Federal Policy for Democrats for Education Reform, blogging at Swift and Change Able about a recent D.C. conference on charter schools.