CHARTER - The Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/CHARTER News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) Charter-school pioneer discusses innovative ed movement at Utah conference http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56477831-78/charter-schools-utah-public.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56477831-78/charter-schools-utah-public.html.csp">Charter-school pioneer discusses innovative ed movement at Utah conference</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56477831#2013-06-18T18:49:04.254-06:00/MAI/sltrib56477831#2013-06-18T18:49:04.254-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By ray parker</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-06-18T18:49:04.254-06:00">Updated Jun 18, 2013 06:49PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Charter schools could not get out of the political battleground of polarized lawmakers of today. That’s according to Ember Reichgott Junge, who helped author the first charter school law in Minnesota 20 years ago. “We had bipartisan support,” Reichgott Junge said. “It also came from outside the political spectrum, from civic leaders. “I feel something like charters wouldn’t pass today because there isn’t any middle anymore [in politics].” The charter-school pioneer, who was a state Democrati...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56477831@www.sltrib.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:49:04 MDT