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Monthly Letter to Friends: April 1997
No. 35. Both hopeful news and sobering realities this month, such as an Ohio parent getting jail time. A range of topics including charter schools and teachers unions are covered in states such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Michigan, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama, and Minnesota.