Can a Muslim charter school change Texas K-12 education?

In the search for a solution to falling test scores and rising dropout rates in Texas K-12 education, has Harmony Science Academy in Houston found an answer? William Martin, Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy, highlights the charter school, founded by a Turkish Muslim and influenced by a prominent Turkish religious and intellectual figure, in an article in the August 2010 issue of Texas Monthly. Martin also expands on Harmony and other charter schools in a Web exclusive interview.

Read William Martin’s article “Head of the Class.”

Read a Texas Monthly interview with Martin on how charter schools could change Texas’ education system.