Legislators’ ‘Fixes’ for Public Education May inflict Irreparable Damage
From the Wilmington Star News: “For a group of politicians who claim they want to strengthen our public schools, the Honorables have a strange way of going about it. In their world, better public...
View ArticleCharter School Overhaul Making Progress in Delaware
Charter school overhaul is making progess in Delaware–after bankruptcies. Delaware’s House Bill 165 is designed to improve charter school accountability, raises the standards for new charter schools...
View ArticleWashington State Groups File Lawsuit Challenging New Charter School Law
If you think North Carolina is alone in fighting the good fight against an explosion of unregulated charter schools, you would be wrong. Unfortunately, traditional public schools in many states are...
View ArticleDuncan Criticizes Charter Schools for Suspending, Expelling Students
On July 2, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at the National Charter Schools Conference, held in Washington D.C. Duncan noted the disparate rates of suspensions between traditional public...
View ArticleA New Round of Segregation Plays Out in Charter Schools
“The Civil Rights Project at the University of California Los Angeles, which has documented charter school segregation for years, has found that in several western and southern states white students...
View ArticleForbes: Charter School Gravy Train Runs Express To Fat City
Charter schools are a big and booming business–so much so that the Capital Roundtable hosted a day-long conference back in July : Private Equity Investing in For-Profit Education Companies. Writing for...
View ArticleFlorida League of Women Voters study on school choice and report on charter...
The Florida League of Women Voters issued a report that’s highly critical of the state’s charter school program. The report found that Florida charters have a 20% closure rate due to financial problems...
View ArticlePublic Accountability for Charter Schools
Standards and Policy Recommendations for Effective Oversight The Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) presents standards and policy recommendations to ensure that public charter schools are...
View ArticleThe Growing Segmentation of the Charter School Sector in North Carolina
Helen F. Ladd, Charles T. Clotfelter, John B. Holbein – Duke University A defining characteristic of charter schools is that they introduce a strong market element into public education. In this paper,...
View ArticleSB95 – Achievement School District
The draft that Bryan presented had few differences from last year’s prospective bill. The draft included having pilot schools be put into a special state-run district, with a superintendent chosen by...
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