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EDITORIAL: CCSD should give empty buildings to charters

More than two dozen states have passed laws helping charter schools gain access to public school buildings that aren’t being used.

Most charter schools reached or surpassed target starting enrolments

The schools set up last year had 658 pupils between them.

State schools increasingly consider becoming charter schools

Converting state schools is a new process and the agency is taking time to get it right, Charter School Agency chief executive says.

KC Charter Schools Confront FAIL 2026

Charter institutions were once a refuge from KCPS . . . Now they suffer some of the very same problems. Check-it . . .   Read more at tonyskansascity.com

WATCH: WA Charter schools funding cut dramatically even as graduates outperform peers

(The Center Square) - Despite a recent report showing Washington’s charter school graduates are outperforming their peers in traditional public schools, state lawmakers cut about $...

WATCH: WA Charter schools funding cut dramatically even as graduates outperform peers

A $7.5 million cut to charter school funding is shaking things up in Washington. The impact on students and teachers is more significant than you might think. Continue reading…

Washington charter schools say budget cut endangers basic education

SEATTLE — For the past two school years, public charter schools could count on $1,500 per student in enrichment funding from the state.

Property problems preventing state schools going charter - Seymour

David Seymour claims about 20 state schools have investigated the charter model and a conversion could happen at "almost any moment".

How charter school enrollment impacts district budgets

Traditional public school superintendents, charter leaders and parents share their views on how charter enrollment affects public school budgets.

Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas

Under threat of possible takeovers by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), nine school districts are set to hand over 15 public schools to Third Future Schools-Texas (TFS-Texas), a ch...

Tennessee school board approves first religious charter school in America

Attempts to establish Christian charter schools – publicly funded schools that operate with much more autonomy than public schools – have so far been hindered by courts. 

How a Cleveland experiment became Ohio’s private-school payday:

What started as a Cleveland experiment has since grown into a statewide program that sends public money to private schools, with little accountability and mounting questions about...

Ohio spent $164M on science of reading mandate; now, some charter schools may become exempt

Eight charter schools known as classical academies which serve almost 1,900 kids across the state may get an exemption from Ohio's requirement that they teach the science of readin...

Two Kansas City charter schools didn’t get permission to stay open. What happens now?

As Lee A. Tolbert Community Academy and the younger grades of Hogan College Preparatory face closure, other schools are expanding to keep their buildings open. The post Two Kansas...

Montgomery County to close its only charter school

The Montgomery County Board of Education has approved a plan to close its only charter school at the end of its first year amid claims it ignored students' special needs.

William Andrekopoulos: MPS is now a ‘hostile partner’ to successful public schools

MPS has forced high-performing public schools to seek other authorizers. Recently, there were 12,255 public school students enrolled in schools authorized by the City of Milwaukee...

Press Release: Frontier Schools Approved to Provide Columbia Families with a STEM-Focused Public School Option

Frontier Schools has been approved to open Columbia’s first charter public school The post Press Release: Frontier Schools Approved to Provide Columbia Families with a STEM-Focused...

Learning From Florida's School Choice Success

The Sunshine State's innovative school-choice programs are setting the standard nationally.

Kansas City charter school ‘does not meet’ performance standards. Will it stay open?

KIPP Kansas City fell short of its charter school sponsor’s expectations, but it was invited to apply for another five-year contract to operate. The post Kansas City charter school...

Every Ohio public school had to overhaul reading instruction — even the state's top-ranked district. These 8 religious s...

Ohio's Science of Reading mandate was sold as an all-or-nothing overhaul. A new Senate carve-out for eight private classical academies is blowing a hole in that promise.

School Choice: Even New York and Colorado Opting In

The Well-Educated Child: A New Path Toward Real Learning

I've been following the remarkable progress of Deborah Kenny's Harlem Village Academies-a network of charter schools-for about 20 years now. And I've watched her develop a theory o...

Bill would keep Pennsylvania public schools from funding some cyber charter students

A new bill in the Pennsylvania State House looks to tighten cyber charter regulations in the state by preventing districts from being forced to foot the bill for students to attend...

Federal judge ends direct oversight of special education in Orleans Parish

NEW ORLEANS — More than a decade of federal oversight of special education in New Orleans charter schools has ended. This week, U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey terminated...