In 2021, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools celebrated 30 years since the passage of the first charter school law, influenced policies at the federal and state levels, secured $440 million for the federal Charter Schools Program, and expanded our policy priorities, among many other activities. Check out our annual report to reflect on… Continue reading 2021 Annual Report
Earlier this year, Thomas B. Fordham Institute released a new study “Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level,” examining the relationship between charter school enrollment share and the average math and reading achievement of all public school students in metro areas. This new study combines charter school and district school enrollment… Continue reading Increases in Charter School Enrollment Share Lead to Student Achievement
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), an independent research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, recently released findings based on the 2020-21 National Teacher and Principal Survey. The survey asked questions about how schools responded to the pandemic and among those surveyed were more than 68,000 public school teachers from district and charter schools. Based… Continue reading Survey Finds Charter School Teachers Engaged More Students During Pandemic
2021 was a remarkable year in many ways for the charter school sector. While the nation continued struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, PreK-12 education emerged as a critical issue across the country. 1.4 million students left district schools and a record number of new students enrolled in charter schools. Meanwhile, state legislators made bold changes… Continue reading Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, 2022
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released the thirteenth edition of an annual report that measures state charter school laws against the National Alliance’s model charter school law. The model law is comprised of 21 essential components focused on flexibility, accountability, and equity. Each year, the National Alliance analyzes, scores, and ranks each state’s charter… Continue reading National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Releases Thirteenth Edition of Charter School Law Rankings Report
2021 was a great year for charter school students and families across the country. Several states passed legislation to allow more schools to open and promote fiscal equity. In other states, charter school advocates were able to defeat a number of bills that would have imposed significant and unnecessary burdens on charter schools. In our… Continue reading Big Wins for Charter Schools Nationwide: Why 2021 Was the Year of Public School Choice
Over the past two years, public education has been turned on its head. Enrollment in district schools has taken a nosedive, while charter school enrollment is on the rise. One thing that hasn’t changed? Charter schools still have extremely limited access to facilities. The General Accountability Office (GAO), a non-partisan office of Congress, recently released their study on… Continue reading It’s Official: Facilities Support for Charter Schools Falls Short
Voting with Their Feet: A State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends shows hundreds of thousands of families switched to charter schools during the first full school year of the pandemic. During the 2020-21 school year, charter school enrollment grew 7%, the largest increase in half a decade. Nearly 240,000… Continue reading Voting with Their Feet: A State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends
Hundreds of thousands of families switched to charter schools during the first full year of the COVID pandemic, signaling strong demand for new public school options. Charter school enrollment has not grown this much in a single year in half a decade. Conversely, district enrollment dropped precipitously during the same period. According to Voting with Their… Continue reading New Report Shows Families Voting With Their Feet and Choosing Charter Schools
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