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Charter Schools

  • Warren Smith, Teacher in Viral Video on J.K. Rowling, on the Power of Critical Thinking
    Warren Smith, Teacher in Viral Video on J.K. Rowling, on the Power of Critical Thinking
    In January, high school teacher Warren Smith posted a viral video of an exchange he had with a student. Six months later, his life has dramatically changed.
    July 9, 2024BY Jan Jekielek
  • When Classical Learning Meets Public Education, the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic
    When Classical Learning Meets Public Education, the Dialogue Isn’t Always Socratic
    News Analysis The future of the controversial classical education movement will be showcased later this month when Columbia ...
    March 11, 2024BY Vince Bielski and RealClearInvestigations
  • Florida School District Prepares for School Closures as Enrollment in Charter and Home Schooling Grows
    Florida School District Prepares for School Closures as Enrollment in Charter and Home Schooling Grows
    In light of steadily declining enrollment in the Broward County Public School System, district officials are preparing for ...
    February 29, 2024BY Patricia Tolson
  • Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal of Learning
    Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal of Learning
    News Analysis Call it the big reset—downward—in public education. The alarming plunge in academic performance during the pandemic ...
    January 25, 2024BY Vince Bielski
  • Families Find Education, Not Indoctrination at Classical Charter Schools 
    Families Find Education, Not Indoctrination at Classical Charter Schools 
    The misconception that charter schools are religiously oriented stems from our attempts to promote essential habits of mind ...
    November 25, 2023BY Michael S. Rose
  • Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools, Study Confirms
    Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools, Study Confirms
    A new report shows, charter schools are more cost-effective, provide a greater return on investment, and yield higher ...
    November 3, 2023BY Patricia Tolson
  • As Families Take to Charter Schools, Cities and Their Teachers Unions Throw Up Obstacles
    As Families Take to Charter Schools, Cities and Their Teachers Unions Throw Up Obstacles
    News Analysis A vote by the Los Angeles County Board of Education last month to ban charter schools ...
    October 18, 2023BY Vince Bielski and RealClearInvestigations
  • Los Angeles Unified Limits Charter Schools Sharing Campuses With District Schools
    Los Angeles Unified Limits Charter Schools Sharing Campuses With District Schools
    The Los Angeles Unified School District has approved a new resolution that would place limits on charter schools ...
    September 28, 2023BY Micaela Ricaforte
  • Another Legislative Attack Against California’s Charter Schools
    Another Legislative Attack Against California’s Charter Schools
    Instead of emulating charter schools and improving their product, public school teachers’ unions are focused on tearing down ...
    September 14, 2023BY John Moorlach
  • Los Angeles, Oakland Underfunding Charter Schools
    Los Angeles, Oakland Underfunding Charter Schools
    Commentary For more than 30 years, charter schools have been a revolutionary innovation to advance student achievement, especially ...
    August 25, 2023BY John Seiler
  • Michael Zwaagstra: Parents Need More Information to Choose the Right School
    Michael Zwaagstra: Parents Need More Information to Choose the Right School
    Commentary Yes, it’s summertime. But many parents are already wondering how they’ll find the best school for their ...
    July 13, 2023BY Michael Zwaagstra
  • Charter School Teachers Happier Than District Public School Teachers, Survey Finds
    Charter School Teachers Happier Than District Public School Teachers, Survey Finds
    Insights provided by a new survey show that public charter school teachers are happier at their jobs than ...
    June 22, 2023BY Patricia Tolson
  • Oklahoma Approves the First Religious Charter School in US, Prompting Threats of Litigation
    Oklahoma Approves the First Religious Charter School in US, Prompting Threats of Litigation
    An Oklahoma school board approved the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter ...
    June 8, 2023BY Bryan Jung
  • Michael Zwaagstra: Let the People Closest to the Ground Decide Education Policy
    Michael Zwaagstra: Let the People Closest to the Ground Decide Education Policy
    Commentary All students deserve a quality education, regardless of where they live. However, it would be a mistake ...
    April 26, 2023BY Michael Zwaagstra
  • Black and Latino Public Charter School Students Twice as Likely to Be at Grade Level: NJ Test Scores
    Black and Latino Public Charter School Students Twice as Likely to Be at Grade Level: NJ Test Scores
    Recently released test scores show that black and Latino students in New Jersey public charter schools are twice ...
    December 21, 2022BY Patricia Tolson
  • Senate Rejects Measure That Would Have Repealed Biden Administration Charter School Rule
    Senate Rejects Measure That Would Have Repealed Biden Administration Charter School Rule
    The U.S. Senate on Dec. 14 rejected a measure that would have repealed a new federal rule that ...
    December 15, 2022BY Zachary Stieber
  • Less Regulation, More Parent Choice Reduces Schools’ Left-Wing Push: Report
    Less Regulation, More Parent Choice Reduces Schools’ Left-Wing Push: Report
    Parents prefer schools that don't teach "the expansion of gender ideology, race essentialism, and other woke projects into ...
    December 14, 2022BY Jackson Elliott
  • Barbara Kay: Parents in Every Province Should Be Badgering Politicians for Charter Schools
    Barbara Kay: Parents in Every Province Should Be Badgering Politicians for Charter Schools
    Commentary Growing old has its compensations. One is institutional memory. Having been educated in an era when “Western ...
    August 9, 2022BY Barbara Kay
  • Michigan Charter Schools Sue US Department of Education Over New Rule
    Michigan Charter Schools Sue US Department of Education Over New Rule
    An organization representing Michigan charter schools is suing the U.S. Department of Education over a new rule that ...
    August 8, 2022BY Matthew Vadum
  • California Earns ‘C’ Grade on Charter Schools
    California Earns ‘C’ Grade on Charter Schools
    Commentary Has it been 30 years? I remember in 1992 writing articles advocating charter schools for California. That ...
    May 23, 2022BY John Seiler
  • Orange County Education Board Celebrates 30 Years of Charter Schools
    Orange County Education Board Celebrates 30 Years of Charter Schools
    Orange County is celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the state’s Charter School Act and continuing its commitment to ...
    May 6, 2022BY Micaela Ricaforte
  • Education Is Today’s Civil Rights Issue
    Education Is Today’s Civil Rights Issue
    Commentary Across the political spectrum, a new orthodoxy on indigenous issues has taken hold since the Truth and ...
    April 10, 2022BY Colin Alexander
  • Liberation of Education: Providing Innovative Alternatives to Public Schools
    Liberation of Education: Providing Innovative Alternatives to Public Schools
    As impatience with left-wing ideology increases and more parents are removing their children from the public school system, a ...
    March 29, 2022BY Patricia Tolson
  • Charter Schools Saw Enrollment Growth as 1.4 Million Students Left Public Schools: Report
    Charter Schools Saw Enrollment Growth as 1.4 Million Students Left Public Schools: Report
    Charter schools across the United States took in hundreds of thousands of new students, as families sought alternatives ...
    September 23, 2021BY Bill Pan
  • California Lawmakers Extend Moratorium for Online Charter Schools
    California Lawmakers Extend Moratorium for Online Charter Schools
    California lawmakers have extended a moratorium on non-classroom-based charters to 2025. AB 130, a multibillion-dollar educational budget bill, mandates that no new online charter schools are ...
    July 13, 2021BY Jack Bradley
  • Board of Education Opposes Bill That Takes Aim at Charter Schools
    Board of Education Opposes Bill That Takes Aim at Charter Schools
    The Orange County Board of Education passed a resolution June 2 to oppose a bill that it claims would harm ...
    June 3, 2021BY Jack Bradley
  • School Choice Is Necessary, but Choice Alone Is Not Enough
    School Choice Is Necessary, but Choice Alone Is Not Enough
    Commentary One great thing about living in a Western society is that citizens have plenty of choices. We ...
    January 14, 2021BY Michael Zwaagstra
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