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Nearly half of Nashville public charter schools, including LEAD Cameron, are outperforming comparable district run schools

Firefly staff compared each MNPS charter school’s performance on the State Report Card to traditional and magnet schools serving the same age students in the same school cluster and 44 percent of those charters outperformed every comparable district run school in at least a majority of subjects.

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Charter school operator files lawsuit accusing Metro Nashville Public Schools of diverting students of color to a lower performing school

On Monday LEAD Public Schools filed a lawsuit challenging a rezoning plan for LEAD Cameron as a violation of its charter with the district.  LEAD is asking a Davidson County Chancellor to stop the rezoning from going into effect and potentially force the Tennessee school district to pay financial damages.

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