Money would make the Knowledge Is Power Program, which runs three schools in Washington, the largest charter school organization in the country. The charter school movement, begun 16 years ago as an alternative to struggling public schools, will today make its strongest claim on mainstream American education when a national group announces the most successful fundraising campaign in the movement's history -- $65 million to create 42 schools in Houston.

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