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Thousands of Bronx kids kept out of charter schools because of cap

Some Bronx students hoping to gain entry into charter schools are being thwarted by laws that limit how many of the privately owned, publicly funded schools are allowed to open.Existing laws allow 100

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Sep 24, 2006, 7:00 PM

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