NAPCS in the News
“Popularity of Charter Schools Keeps Waitlists Long,” NAPCS data cited, Los Angeles Daily News, June 28
“National Charter School Waitlist Numbers Approach One Million,” Nina Rees (President & CEO) quoted in press release, Wall Street Journal, June 27
“Back to School for Labor,” Nina Rees quoted, The American Prospect, June 27
“National Study Finds Public Charter School Performance is Improving,” Nina Rees quoted, Christian Science Monitor, Yahoo! News, June 25
News to Know
“Prince George’s County, Md., School Board Approves College Park Academy,” NBC4 Washington, June 28
“Delaware General Assembly passes Charter School Reform,” Milford Beacon, June 27
“Study: Pa. in Bottom Three for Charter School Scores,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 26
“Study: Poor, Minority Students See Biggest Advantages from Charter Schools; General Gains Seen,” Associated Press, June 25
“Reshaping the Debate on Mass. Charter Schools,” Boston Globe, June 24
Audience Favorites Facebook— Today the the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University released a study that found public charter schools outperform traditional schools in reading and have made huge gains in math. Notably, the report also found that the impact of attending a public charter school yielded positive results for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. http://www.publiccharters.org/Blog/Default.aspx?id=446 Twitter— @adamjemerson National waitlist for #charterschools near one million, up 67% from last year, says @charteralliancepubliccharters.org/pressreleasepu… You can stay up to date on all the developments in the public charter school sector by subscribing to our regular news updates…Sign up here.
