Janah Treseny responds while working on a computer in her kindergarten class at Xavier School of Excellence, a charter school that opened in South Bend in 2009. (South Bend Tribune Photo/SANTIAGO FLORES)
As March madness rages in Indianapolis -- at the Statehouse -- parents cozy up to something they know for certain: girls playing basketball in a public school.
Woosh. Two points for another team of fifth- and sixth-graders.
Sit next to a parent for a minute, here in Mishawaka's Beiger Elementary School, and ask about one of the many education reform bills that have divided Democratic and Republican legislators, driving Democrats to hide out in Illinois.
Charter schools?
Noah Jeffcoat admits he's foggy on exactly what a charter school is. In fact, so are a lot of the other parents here. (Can you define it?) But ask this Mishawaka father whether he'd even think about checking out a charter school for one of his kids.
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