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Microschool is a charter and a district school -- and a homeschool hybrid
An Indiana school district has launched a charter microschool to attract students who'd otherwise be full-time homeschoolers.
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Mar 63 min read
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'Classical' schools could bring charters to the suburbs
Classical charter schools offering a traditional, liberal-arts education are expanding the political constituency for charters to the suburbs.
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Dec 5, 20252 min read
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At calm, focused schools, scores are high, but so is suspension rate
Students -- including those with disabilities -- are learning at Indiana schools that stress structure and good behavior. But suspension rates are high for students with disabilities.
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Oct 6, 20253 min read
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Where are they now? Urban public schools see steep fall in enrollment
One third of students in mostly black districts aren't enrolled in traditional public schools.
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Sep 25, 20252 min read
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AI + school is replicating: Is Alpha the future?
Alpha is exporting its AI-empowered "2 Hour Learning" across the country, but will it work if it goes virtual?
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Jul 28, 20253 min read
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Let educational freedom ring: Voucher families are buying a la carte classes
Choice scholarships let parents pay for a la carte classes, rewarding schools that serve their needs.
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Jul 3, 20252 min read
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Religious charters are out -- for now -- but choice is expanding
Charter advocates are happy the U.S. Supreme Court didn't rule that charters are private schools.
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May 23, 20252 min read
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Catholic schools are closing: Can tax credits or ESAs save them?
Catholic schools are struggling to compete with tuition-free charter schools.
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Mar 7, 20252 min read
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A new choice in New Orleans: District opens a non-charter school
New Orleans is no longer an all-charter district.
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Sep 14, 20242 min read
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Urban Democrats want choice, but Harris-Walz campaign backs union agenda
The U.S. has "already passed peak public school " (excluding public charters), writes Matt Welch on Reason. Enrollment in district-run...
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Sep 11, 20242 min read
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If minority parents choose a charter, that's not 'resegregation'
Parents should be able to choose a public school that meets their children's academic needs and their family's values, writes Debbie...
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Jun 26, 20242 min read
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'No excuses' model rebounds: 'A lot of anti-racist practices don't work'
Achievement fell in charters that replaced the "no excuses" model with "anti-racist practices."
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Jun 12, 20242 min read
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Democrats care about equality, but not education, say voters
Black and Hispanic parents may switch from Biden to Trump. Democrats value equality but don't deliver on quality, they say.
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May 18, 20242 min read
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Classical ed -- seen as 'a white child's education' -- is thriving in the Bronx
Are the liberal arts conservative?, asks Emma Green in a New Yorker story about the revival of "classical education." A growing number of...
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Mar 25, 20242 min read
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'No excuses' school guru passes on: Will excellence survive?
Linda Brown, who trained hundreds of charter leaders as leader of (Building Excellent Schools (ES), has died at the age of 81. Many of...
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Jan 24, 20242 min read
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Union-backed group claims choice is 'rooted in racism'
The union-backed Partnership for the Future of Learning has launched an anti-choice campaign charging that "voucher programs" are "deeply...
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Jan 22, 20242 min read
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Success Academy charters are #1 in New York in math, #3 in reading
Success Academy charter students are the best in New York state in math, third best in English Language Arts (ELA) among schools with 95+...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Charters are growing: Latino enrollment is way up
As district-run public schools lose enrollment -- 1.5 million students since 2019 -- charter schools are adding students, according to a...
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Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Choice, selective schools perpetuate 'inequity,' says Chicago mayor, school board
"Equality in misery" is the new plan for Chicago Public Schools, writes Paul Vallas, who lost the race for mayor to Brandon Johnson, a...
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Dec 18, 20232 min read
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'Liberal arts' education is now 'classical,' which makes it 'right wing'
"Classical" charter schools are a right-wing plot to "destroy democratically governed public schools while turning back the clock of...
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Nov 27, 20232 min read
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