Gothamschools.org has an article about the DOE collapse of the charter school offices based on recent backlash. While one tightly organized contingent of the city’s charter school sector prepared to stage a rallyoutside City Hall today, the Department of Education was...
NY times has an interesting article about how charter schools are reducing overall education budget in New York New York City’s Education Department will spend $51 million to open more than two dozen new charter schools next year, according to a report released on Thursday...
NOLA.com has an interesting article about charter school statistics. Responding to persistent charges that charter schools under the state's watch in New Orleansexclude certain children to boost test results, state officials released new data Wednesday detailing the number...
NY1 has an article about how charter schools in NYC still get rooms rent free On Tuesday, city charter schools won a legal battle to share space in public school buildings free of cost. A State Supreme Court Judge denied a preliminary injunction that would have forced...
An interesting article from businessweek.com In Silicon Valley, Bullis elementary school accepts one in six kindergarten applicants, offers Chinese and asks families to donate $5,000 per child each year. Parents include Ken Moore, son of Intel Corp.’s co-founder, and Steven...
Many states have huge education budget gaps to fill, so to boost their numbers many states have lifted their cap on charter schools allowing for more private funding. My opinion on this is that it's great that more schools are popping up but like everything we need to be...
Teach For America has just released a post about Charter School In NYC and their failure rates. It turns out that Charter Schools are twice as likely to fail compared to regular 'traditional' public schools. Does this mean that Charter Schools are ineffective? Probably...
Poll: Public likes merit pay, limited tenure, vouchers, charter schools Most New Jerseyans support education reforms proposed by Gov. Chris Christie, such as tenure reform and voucher programs, accord. Visit link: N.J. approves of Christie's education proposals — to...
Success Charter School has disclosed their financial records and lo and behold, they spent 1300 per student for ADVERTISEMENTS. Instead of using funds for schools supplies and teachers, they spent roughly 1/3 of the average cost per student on advertisements. Talk about...
Charter schools have been under fire recently for their shady financial dealings, but now they have another battle that they must fight. Charter schools are under attack for paying ridiculously low rates for school space (try $1 dollar) and other financial perks that allow...
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