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Baltimore residents are frustrated over the closing of charter school New Song Academy
Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester community voiced its concerns to Baltimore City Schools Monday night after the district announced New Song Academy, a charter school in the neighborhood, will soon close its doors.
Oklahoma needs to focus on regulating current charter schools | Opinion
Oklahoma doesn’t need to be the one that leads the religious charter school fight, and we don’t need to be the test dummy for every right-wing scheme that comes our way.
Group launches investigation into proposed Jewish Charter School
There are new efforts to open a religious charter school in Oklahoma, once again sparking the question: Should your tax dollars go to a religious school?
Coalition of South Florida parents, educators say new state law creates ‘shadow school system’
A coalition of parents, educators, and community leaders is protesting what it calls an “unfunded mandate” and the “unprecedented surge of ‘Schools of Hope’ charter operators” who seek to open programs inside hundreds of South Florida’s public schools.
Some Charter Schools give groups control of state money
Some Charter Schools give groups control of state money
Rep. Patricia Cornell: Public dollars belong in public schools
THE New Hampshire Department of Education recently revealed the latest price tag for our state’s school vouchers program. What started out as a supposedly targeted program back in 2021 has now expanded into a $51 million handout for the wealthiest of Granite Staters. It’s running $12.3 million over budget, without any end in sight.
Americans United launches investigation into proposed Jewish public charter school in Oklahoma
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today requested records from the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board as part of an investigation into a proposed Jewish public charter school.
It’s past time for North Carolina to abandon the failed charter school experiment
North Carolina students continue to pay the price for state leaders’ ideological push to wantonly expand charter schools. It’s becoming increasingly common for newly approved charter schools to deliver poor academic results, or to shut their doors completely. State leaders must confront the overwhelming evidence and stop approving these unneeded, low-performing schools.
CPS blasts longtime charter operator for alleged financial ‘negligence’
The CEO of ASPIRA says the charter school network won’t make payroll next week. It’s the latest charter operator to face financial challenges.
Baltimore’s New Song Academy closing at the end of the school year
Baltimore’s New Song Academy closing at the end of the school year
Well-known NOLA East school Sarah T. Reed High School set to close after this school year
Leaders at Sarah T. Reed on Michoud Boulevard city declining enrollment and poor school performance. The school opened its doors in 1988.
How the abrupt closure of an NC charter school may lead to changes in state rules
North Carolina could toughen its rules for allowing new charter schools to open following the abrupt closure of a school that left families scrambling for alternatives.
Former students claim Oklahoma City charter school conditions worse than reported
Former students of Proud to Partner Leadership Academy in Oklahoma City allege that conditions at the charter school are more problematic than the state describes
OKC charter school put on probation as statewide board cites severe deficiencies
Officials for the board said these include missing multiple deadlines to file financial reports and the quality of student instruction, as there’s only one teacher for the school’s 115 students. Shellem said closing the school is on the table.
OKC charter school with 1 teacher and 115 students lands on probation
Proud To Partner Leadership Academy, a charter high school known as PTPLA, has reduced its staff to only one teacher, a superintendent and a counselor to serve its 115 students, state officials said.