?The mere act of merging the two [majority-black & majority-white Memphis City Schools] really provides no education value, but not merging the two ... that provides educational harm for our students''*
- Martavius Jones, Memphis School Board Member
?In Memphis, Old Strife Heats Up Over Schools, Race,? The Associated Press
43%
Charter school proficiency percentage for the annual reading tests in New York in 2010
?Charters charting a course in excellence,? New York Post
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute