Charter Schools

Oakland to close 3 American Indian Charter Schools

  • American Indian Charter Schools
  • March 21, 2013
Last night the Oakland, California School Board voted to close 3 American Indian Charter Schools for financial irregularities. The problems...
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Eagle Academy Foundation should be invited to open a D.C. public school

  • Eagle Academy Foundation
  • March 19, 2013
Wordcomes out of New York City that the Eagle Academy Foundation is set to open one of their all boys' schools in Harlem. The high academic...
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Washington Post editorial on KIPP points to injustice toward charter schools

Over the weekend the editors of the Washington Post expressed their disgust over the lack of support Mayor Gray is providing regarding a proposal...
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Fight for Children provides D.C. non-profits with $800,000

Fight for Children announced recently that the organization had awarded $800,000 to non-profits in the nation's capital that focus on early...
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Study finds median test scores of D.C. charters at 50.2%, DCPS at 36.7%

In a fascinating research study Soumya Bhat of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute looked at changes in the median DC CAS test scores at individual...
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KIPP PCS expansion shows why central planning for public schools will not work

In today's Washington Post Emma Brown reveals plans by KIPP PCS to open a new high school in Southwest, D.C. Theproject involvesthe renovation...
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Time for cooperation between D.C. charters and DCPS

  • educational best practices
  • March 11, 2013
Now that charter schools in the nation's capital teach 43 percent of all public school students and in the not-too-distant future will see this...
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New D.C. charters for 2014 school year could add another 2,700 seats

  • Nannie Helen Burroughs School
  • March 7, 2013
The Washington Post's Emma Brown reported yesterday that the D.C. Public Charter School Board has received nine applications for new schools to...
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D.C. charters need a moratorium on use of the PMF

Charter schools, like many educational institutions across the United States, recoiled against being designated failing schools for not meeting...
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NC charter school application proces, suggested best practices

  • Charter School Application Process
  • March 2, 2013
NC charter school application process, suggested best practicesKey for North Carolina is your ability to do what you say and are you able to handle...
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