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The Myth of “Quality” Charter Schools in Inner-City Phoenix
School choice proponents would have you believe that charter schools provide quality education for poor folks needing to escape “failing” public schools in the inner-city. But in Arizona, if you want to attend an “A” rated charter school, you had better live in an affluent suburb of Phoenix.
Charter school proposal divides rural Southern Oregon community
“It became clear that the budgeting and monitoring of the charter school would cause Pinehurst to create a bureaucratic infrastructure completely beyond our community school,” she said.
Running a Charter School for Profit Should Be Illegal
From insider deals to real estate flips, the problems with charter schools run by for-profit corporations can’t be ignored. And growth in this sector is accelerating as operators use lax regulations and complicated corporate schemes to harvest public dollars from publicly-funded charter schools.
Running a Charter School for Profit Should Be Illegal
From insider deals to real estate flips, the problems with charter schools run by for-profit corporations can’t be ignored. And growth in this sector is accelerating as operators use lax regulations and complicated corporate schemes to harvest public dollars from publicly-funded charter schools.
Oklahoma State Board of Education terminates contract with Indigenous charter school
Families and school administrators were left heartbroken after the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Thursday to terminate its contract with Sovereign Community Schools.
Sovereign is a charter school in Oklahoma City that serves Indigenous students. The school has previously struggled with financial and academic trials.
Oklahoma State Board of Education terminates contract with Indigenous charter school
Families and school administrators were left heartbroken after the Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Thursday to terminate its contract with Sovereign Community Schools.
Sovereign is a charter school in Oklahoma City that serves Indigenous students. The school has previously struggled with financial and academic trials.
New Baton Rouge school board renews 5 charter schools, overruling superintendent on 2
After lengthy debate Wednesday, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board agreed to renew five charter schools in Baton Rouge, in two cases overriding the recommendations to close the schools.
New Baton Rouge school board renews 5 charter schools, overruling superintendent on 2
After lengthy debate Wednesday, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board agreed to renew five charter schools in Baton Rouge, in two cases overriding the recommendations to close the schools.
As student numbers dwindle, Paulo Freire Charter School in Chicopee surrenders charter
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously voted Tuesday to accept the surrendered charter from the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School.
D-49 administration does not recommend approving charter school’s renewal application
District 49 administration is recommending the school board deny Liberty Tree Academy’s charter renewal application. The D-49 board must vote on the recommendation by Feb. 1.
As student numbers dwindle, Paulo Freire Charter School in Chicopee surrenders charter
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously voted Tuesday to accept the surrendered charter from the Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School.
D-49 administration does not recommend approving charter school’s renewal application
District 49 administration is recommending the school board deny Liberty Tree Academy’s charter renewal application. The D-49 board must vote on the recommendation by Feb. 1.
Anti-charter parent ‘pushback’ doomed plan to share school space
Elected officials helped kill a plan to open three new charter schools in existing public schools or other city-owned buildings — after hearing fierce opposition from local parents.
Anti-charter parent ‘pushback’ doomed plan to share school space
Elected officials helped kill a plan to open three new charter schools in existing public schools or other city-owned buildings — after hearing fierce opposition from local parents.
As cyber charters score below state averages, area superintendents call for reform
Cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania failed to meet state averages on standardized tests in 2022, a review by The Sunday Times found.
Cyber school leaders attribute the proficiency rates, including 4.6% in math for the state’s largest charter school, to low participation rates and a different way of learning.