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Harmony Public Schools Have Cracked the Code
Posted on October 11, 2012 | No CommentsBy Kate Alexander of Austin Statesman Harmony Public Schools appears to have cracked the code. The charter school system, with...
Equal or Fair? A Study of Revenues and Expenditures in American Charter Schools
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No Commentsby Gary Miron, Jessica Urschel Advocates and opponents wrangle continuously over whether charter schools receive too little or too much...
Charter schools fulfill educational mission for communities
Posted on December 14, 2011 | No CommentsIn a recent Morning Call article, “School chiefs blast charters,” superintendents from several local school districts complained of the archaic...
Islamophobia Network Targets Top Performing American Schools
Posted on November 6, 2011 | No CommentsMichael Shank, US Vice President Institute for Economics and Peace This September, I was interviewed by a communications firm on...
A New Fictitious Phenomenon
Posted on September 15, 2011 | 4 CommentsBy Dr. Kurt: In the last two years, a new trend has been started by some mysterious bloggers later joined by a few self-identified scholars with PhDs. They came up with a brand-new term, a totally new coinage, for the charter school world: Gulen Charter Schools.
New Book: The Strategic Management of Charter Schools
Posted on September 12, 2011 | No CommentsThe Strategic Management of Charter Schools Frameworks and Tools for Educational Entrepreneurs Peter Frumkin, Bruno V. Manno, and Nell Edgington,...
Gama, her successful background in charter schools
Posted on June 29, 2011 | No CommentsShe had just answered a phone call last fall and on the other end was a man claiming to...
California school is named academic decathlon national champ
Posted on June 5, 2011 | No CommentsFRESNO, CALIF. Students on the academic decathlon team at Hallmark Charter School in California thought they'd be getting a second-place trophy in the medium schools division of the national competition.
Charter Schools Do What Public Schools Can’t
Posted on May 19, 2011 | No CommentsOne school's founder responds to recent Patch series.Why charter schools deserve our support
Posted on May 7, 2011 | No CommentsMany students get trapped in failing schools and need a way out and public charter schools offer that opportunity
S.A. parents join massive charter school rally on steps of Texas Capitol
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsSAN ANTONIO -- More than a dozen local parents lent their voices to a rally in Austin Wednesday.
Texas Senate votes to increase number of charter schools
Posted on April 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Senate voted Wednesday to license more independent charter schools, giving the State Board of Education authority to grant up to 10 new charters a year
SW Valley now counts 13 charter schools, up from 7 in 5 years
Posted on April 22, 2011 | No CommentsAs the school-choice debate escalates at the national level, more Southwest Valley families are choosing charter schools.
Education Reform Package in Works
Posted on February 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe Nevada education reform process intends to range from strengthening charter schools to teacher development to making it easier to remove bad teachers from the classroom.
Beyond Unions: 5 New Rules for All Teachers
Posted on February 24, 2011 | No CommentsUnderneath the high-decibel clashes between tea partiers and public employees unions are some contentious education policy issues reformers, teachers unions, and analysts have debated for years.