Jessica Ramos: “Charter schools don't open up their books.”

“I mean, Diane Ravitch rattled off a good list of really good reasons why charter schools are not public schools. But I think there's one more and one that is very critical. Charter schools don't open up their books. And so if you want our tax dollars, we need to understand where those tax dollars are going. And you are as responsive to the public as any other school.” (04:08–04:12)

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