EdSec King Urges Charter Schools to Rethink Discipline Policies
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Recently, charter schools have come under scrutiny for higher than normal suspension rates — and now Secretary of Education John King has urged charter school officials More...
New Charter School Oversight Law in Ohio Spurs Closures
After the passage of a new law designed to shut down failing schools, several Ohio charter school sponsors are breaking ties with the schools they agreed upon overseeing. Charter schools – privately run with More...
Report Identifies Challenges for Virtual Charter Schools
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, an organization that advocates for quality public charter school education, has released a report called “A Call to Action More...
North Carolina House Approves 5 Charter Takeovers
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) The North Carolina House of Representatives has approved a controversial bill that would allow for-profit charter school operators to takeover low-performing public schools. More...
St. Louis Charter Families File Lawsuit on Desegregation Funding
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Two families representing St. Louis’ charter school students have filed a motion in federal court that would allow them to intervene as plaintiffs in a motion filed by the Saint More...
Complaint Alleges Gulen’s Harmony Charter Schools Violate Visa Regs
(Photo: Getty Images) A complaint against the largest charter school network in Texas, Harmony Public Schools, accuses the chain of abusing a visa program to import a large number of Turkish teachers and violating More...
Human Capital a Major Issue for Charter Growth, Success
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank based in Washington D.C., has released a new report analyzing the successes and challenges of high-quality charter More...
DC Charter School Enrollment Nears Parity With Public Schools
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) The DC Fiscal Policy Institute has released a report that examines the evolving nature of Washington, DC’s public charter school sector. Titled “A Changing Landscape: More...
Report: Online Charter Schools Should Have Separate Regulations
(Photo: Pixabay, Creative Commons) A new study from the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), an organization that routinely supports charter schools, suggests that a separate regulatory framework More...
Mississippi Charter School Expansion Law Heads to Bryant
(Image: USDA, Creative Commons) A charter school law in Mississippi passed in 2013, and now it is about to be expanded by legislation moving toward Gov. Phil Bryant’s desk. On Thursday, the Senate approved changes More...