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CHARTER SCHOOLS
Charter Schools are becoming more popular as an alternative choice to traditional schools.They function like a business and are under constant pressure to perform well, both financially and academically under the terms of the charter contract. They do not receive capital funds for facilities and federal legislation provides grants to help charters with start-up costs. As a result, learning can become specialized and relevant, while enrollments are usually half the size of traditional schools.
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My good friend the late John Skief founded the Harambee Institute, the charter school featured in various news articles...
These are some of the findings in a draft of a city controller's report on 13 Philadelphia charter schools obtained by...
a proposed $175 per-student increase in funding for the 75,000 students in the city's regular and charter schools, to...
Lee High School, one of Houston ISD's most academically troubled campuses, is resigning to work for KIPP charter...
Joel Osteen's popular Lakewood Church is planning to partner with Houston ISD to open a charter school for autistic...
The Miami-Dade School Board will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon. Board members will take up 11 charter...
it is hard to match bake sales for fund-raising. Geraldine Neary, who has three children at the Renaissance Charter...
governor, as baby-sitting. Mr. Schundler has also raised hackles for saying that he favors more school options, like...
to think that, at long last, we're finally turning the corner. What could be wrong with promoting charter schools to...
public schools do. At the same time, the playing field is not level. I'd like to see charter schools having to operate...
schools more freedom from regulation, he said. “The question for the U.S. is not just how many charter schools it...
Move Bill, get out the way, get out the way,” before he could even speak. As advocates of charter schools, including...
in our educational system, and its harsh penalties for underperforming schools only push them further to the bottom.
wants Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien to rent closed Catholic schools to the city for $1 per year ("Charter schools...
year have been selected as best qualified. The six finalists are Aspira Inc., Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Mastery...
that commit to set higher learning goals for students, link teacher pay to student test scores, create more charter...
TAMPA -- Move over Imagine Schools; there's a new charter school outfit in town. Fort Lauderdale-based Charter Schools...
a problem of both practical and philosophical import: How long should the city wait before deciding to close charter...
points, 13 rebounds and four assists in a 76-67 victory in a meeting of top D.C. public charter schools.
she was once a leading proponent and strategist. As President Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan, embrace...
out of trouble is good." Meanwhile, a new report by the city's Independent Budget Office said charter schools got...
how to divvy up 30 campuses Tuesday. The board decided not to turn over schools to three leading charter school...
teacher-led groups, who claimed the vast majority of the schools, including some that were expected to go to charter...
rigorous enough, and it's not engaging enough for all students.” Grier also promised to compete with public charter...
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