Cherokee language immersion school could become public (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

June 26, 2011

Cherokee language immersion school could become public
Change would alter funding, entry requirements, testing

By Wendy Burton
Phoenix Staff Writer
USA

Cherokee Nation’s private language immersion school in Tahlequah could
become a chartered public school under the amended Oklahoma Charter
School Act.

The act, amended in 2001, now allows tribes to sponsor
language-immersion charter schools. The Cherokee Nation is applying
for charter status for the 2011-2012 school year.

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