Julia Sass Rubin

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Julia Sass Rubin is an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and a visiting associate professor of public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She has written extensively about community development finance.

Neighborhood Change

Why Are Community Development Lenders Financing Charter Schools?

February 4, 2016 | Julia Sass Rubin and Katharine Nelson

The choice to support privately-operated, publicly-funded schools puts these lenders at odds with many of their usual political allies and constituencies. So what’s the motivation?