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Charter schools will have a new place to turn for advice next year when members of the D.C. Public Charter School Board start a nonprofit organization that will research how the schools can best be run.
Mayor Karl Dean is forming a nonprofit to help increase the number of charter schools in Nashville by finding and training new leaders and offering upstart schools support as they prepare for opening day.
CAMDEN -- The New Jersey Education Department has denied much of an appeal from the Freedom Academy Charter School to repay $415,938 in aid due to violations of state regulations.
Claiming that charter schools drain dollars and students from Buffalo's traditional schools, the Board of Education voted, 6-2, Wednesday evening to seek a state moratorium on new charter schools in and around the city.
Mayor Karl Dean is expected to announce a new development to help create more charter schools in Nashville
A charter school incubator program in Nashville will help develop and launch new schools.
The New York Times "Sunday Styl es" section ran a piece this weekend on how hedge fund managers are clamoring to unload some of their largess on charter schools. The rationale : Charters run on data, such as test scores, and"… the tax-funded, independently run schools that they see as an entrepreneurial answer to the nation’s education woes … appeal to the maverick instincts of many who run ...
Photo by Dave Roback / The Republican Former Boston Bruins and Springfield Indians players Tom Songin, left, and Bob Miller show students of the Hockey Project and the Sabis International Charter School how to skate up the ice at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.
Pennsylvania's charter school law is one of the nation's strongest, according to a study released Monday by the national nonprofit Center for Education Reform. The group ranks the state 11th in the country, with a B grade. Ten states received Bs.
A proposal for a Piru charter school will be heard by the Ventura County Board of Education next month, part of an appeal by charter proponents after the plan was rejected by their local school district.Petitioners asked the Fillmore Unified School District board to endorse their proposal to convert Piru School into an independent, public charter school. At a meeting last month, Fillmore ...
Charter schools could be the latest addition to Green Bays educational landscape as two studies recommend pursuing them in the Green Bay School District.
RICHMOND Early in his term, Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell will move forward on a campaign pledge to expand the number of Virginia charter schools, and eventually may push to amend Virginia’s constitution to change the approval process for such schools.
Cheerleaders and dance team members attending Lincoln and Washington junior high schools will be given more practice time throughout the school year, if the school board approves a request accepted by the district’s curriculum committee Thursday.
If Monday night's hearings for YorkCounts' proposed charter school are any indication, approval of the application by York Suburban and Central York is well on its way.
Mayor Karl Dean announces plans to develop one of the nation's first charter school incubators to operate statewide.
D.C. officials have decided to give charter schools the same police protection as regular D.C. public schools after a two-month-long spate of violence near a charter school in Northeast Washington.
A Boulder Valley School District review team has recommended the denial of an application for a new charter school for gifted students, saying in part that it appears to be a spinoff of a now-closed private school.
Charter schools have become a popular alternative to not only the poor education students receive in California, but also to the educational budget crisis as well, state school officials claim.
Graeme Smith, 17, left, and Tyler Lewis, 15, right, work on a rocket for a science project at InTech Collegiate High in North Logan Monday. According to a report from The Center for Education Reform, Utah is the fourth-most accommodating state in the union when it comes to charter schools.
Pittsburgh Public Schools will hold special public hearings beginning at 5:30 p.m. Monday for QUEST Charter and the Community Service Leadership Development Charter schools.
WATSONVILLE -- An educator who wants to open a charter school for troubled middle-schoolers in Watsonville has withdrawn her petition, saying she intends to raise more money before pursuing the matter again.
Wow, just in case you actually thought there was a big consensus ...
Over at the National Journal education blog they’re debating ...
The lede of this piece might catch your eye but the entire thing ...
Seems like this Troops to Teachers story appears in a big paper ...
