Bellwether recently released a new report on the promise of charter schooling in rural America—and the very real challenges facing it. The paper is part the ROCI initiative, a two-year project on rural education reform funded by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation. We went into this project knowing relatively little about rural charters. It… Continue reading Using Charter Schools to Strengthen Rural Education
In June, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (“CalPERS”) denied employees of a California charter school, the Dehesa Charter School, the opportunity to participate in the state pension plan. This is the first time CalPERS has denied participation to any charter school, and it is alarming. Not only does CalPERS lack legal foundation for this… Continue reading California Public Employees’ Retirement System Denies Enrollment for Charter School’s Employees
During National Charter Schools Week and in the final 20 days of the 83rd Legislature, the Texas Charter Schools Associationwelcomed to Austin more than 700 parents, students, teachers and charter leaders from across Texas to rally on the south steps of the Texas State Capitol to show their strong support for public charter schools and… Continue reading More than 700 Texas Charter School Parents, Students, Teachers and Charter Leaders call for passage of strong charter legislation at TCSA Rally at the South Steps of the Texas State Capitol
With the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament under way, we’ve all become experts in bracketology (see President Obama’s picks here). But how would the tournament play out if teams advanced according to their state’s ranking on our model law? In the Midwest region, we’d see an immediate fall of the number… Continue reading Model Law March Madness
Washington State Passes Charter Law while 16 States Make Improvements; Only 8 States Remain with No Law WASHINGTON, D.C.-The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) today announced the release of its annual rankings of state charter school laws across the country, which found that many states took significant steps to strengthen their state laws. The… Continue reading Annual National Rankings of Charter School Laws Finds Many States Strengthening Charter Laws
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) is pleased to release its annual rankings of state charter school laws across the country, which found that many states took significant steps to strengthen their state laws. The report, and the NAPCS model charter school law it is based upon, is designed to support the creation… Continue reading Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2013
Education Week’s Charters & Choice blog featured analysis of voting patterns on Washington state’s narrowly approved public charter schools measure. Central to the analysis was a county-by-county breakdown of the presidential race (below)… …compared to the tallies for the ballot measure (below). The results of the ballot measure defied some traditional partisan, geographic splits within the state. Check out… Continue reading Analysis of the Washington State Public Charter School Ballot Measure
2011 has been a significant year for charter school policy across the country. At long last, Maine enacted a charter school law, becoming the 42nd jurisdiction that allows this innovative public school option. Ten states lifted their caps on charter school growth (either partially or entirely). Most notably, North Carolina eliminated its cap of 100… Continue reading Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws, 2012
In advance of the release of its 2012 Model Public Charter School Law rankings, NAPCS will chronicle some of the most critical—and contentious—aspects of the model law that played out in the past state legislative cycle. This guest blog by Eileen Sigmund, President and CEO of the Arizona Charter Schools Association, examines issues with funding… Continue reading Are Charter School Students Worth Less?
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