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caption: Senait Ogubamichael embraces her 8-year-old daughter Hermon Yonas, 2nd-grade student at Impact Puget Sound Elementary school, on Monday, November 29, 2021, in Burien.

Broken promises

Impact Public Schools, the largest charter school chain in Washington state, promised its students a world-class education. In a six-month KUOW investigation, dozens of parents and staff said the reality fell far short. By Ann Dornfeld.

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