Fairfax County, Va., teacher wants to start a charter school

From The Washington Post: Fairfax County teacher Eric Welch is aiming to start Northern Virginia’s first public charter school. Welch and his allies envision a small college-prep academy for seventh-to-12th grade students who are at risk of dropping out or barely scraping by. They have been campaigning for a year, meeting with local leaders and pitching their idea as a complement — not a threat — to Fairfax public schools.