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Neighborhood charter schools are a bad idea

On Saturday the Washington Post's Bill Turque had an articlewhich stated that D.C.'s Mayor and the Chairman of the D.C. Council are...
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PCSB seeks additional funding from schools it regulates

Last Monday's Public Charter School Board meeting proved to be one of the more interesting sessions I have attended. Not only did we learn what...
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PCSB approves 4 schools to open fall 2013

Last night the Public Charter School Board approved four new schools to open for the 2013-2014 term. All received conditional charters. They are...
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Not a good start for new D.C. charter school applicants

I spent a couple of hours last night at the D.C. Public Charter School Board meeting which mostly consisted of a review of new charter school...
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An improved way to close poor performing charter school campuses

The Washington Post's Bill Turque follows up on the saga regarding the closing of Community Academy's Rand campus. It turns out that the...
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DCPS Chancellor Henderson proves she does not understand charter schools

The Chancellor's comment to Washington Post reporter Bill Turque regarding her department's desire to become a charter school authorizer...
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D.C. PCSB closes one campus, allows another to continue

  • PCSB
  • February 29, 2012
The charter board got what they wanted from Community Academy, forcing the charter to close its underperforming Rand Campus. Apparently when...
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11 apply to open new D.C. charters

The D.C. Public Charter School Board announced yesterday that they had accepted the applications of 11 organizations attempting to open new charter...
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The fatal conceit of the Illinois Facility Fund Study

Criticism is beginning to come out regarding the IFF study. Some will say that the research methodology was wrong. Others will claim that the...
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The Illinois Facility Fund Report

Today, the long awaited report on charter and DCPS facilities conducted by the Illinois Facility Fund is being released to the public. I, like...
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