Tag: Charter Schools
August 14, 2017
Updated: Charter schools take a hit in nationwide poll
More people still support charters, but the margin has narrowed in an Education Next survey.
John Fensterwald
August 10, 2017
Inspired by Skid Row, educator opening charter to help LA's homeless children and families
Crete Academy, near South L.A.’s Leimert Park neighborhood, is one of nine new independent charters opening within Los Angeles Unified School District this year, and the only one dedicated to fighting homelessness with an arsenal of social services to help families.
Mikhail Zinshteyn
July 24, 2017
Charter school's demise prompts debate about strengthening oversight
A recent audit found that Tri-Valley Learning Corporation executives had conflicts of interest and commingled funds.
George White
July 20, 2017
Understanding California charter schools: a quick guide
Find out how many charters are in California and in the U.S., what the major fault lines are between charter schools and their opponents, and what some of the functions of charters are that make them distinct from traditional public schools.
Mikhail Zinshteyn
July 19, 2017
Mobile classroom brings education to the hardest-to-reach students
Five Keys Charter School's refurbished bus will help high school dropouts earn their diplomas or GEDs.
Carolyn Jones
June 29, 2017
Trump's proposed cuts to education funding create friction in charter school community
By insisting charter schools are public schools, charter advocates are distancing themselves from Trump's proposed cuts to federal funding for public schools.
Louis Freedberg
June 21, 2017
Reed Hastings backs school board candidates, but opposes elected school boards
The Netflix co-founder who has donated some of the biggest sums to charter school causes in California since 2011 thinks elected school boards are holding back education progress in the United States.
Louis Freedberg and Mikhail Zinshteyn
June 20, 2017
Oakland charters more likely to enroll higher-performing students than district schools
About 30 percent of Oakland students attend charter schools – one of the highest concentrations of charter students in the state.
Mikhail Zinshteyn
June 19, 2017
New LA school board member says his election was not about 'the proliferation of charters'
Nick Melvoin says "victory" for him over the next few years would be "across-the-board improvements in the district," not charter growth.
Louis Freedberg
June 18, 2017
New LA school board member says strengthening district schools her first priority
Kelly Gonez was backed by charter school advocates, but says expanding the number of charters is not what she is interested in doing.
Mikhail Zinshteyn
June 13, 2017
DeVos says some charter school 'reformers' have become 'just another breed of bureaucrats'
The U.S. education secretary says the movement has departed from its founding principles of creativity and innovation.
Louis Freedberg
June 13, 2017
In a city of charters, the LA school district runs many of them
Unlike independent charters, affiliated charters’ student discipline policies match the district’s. They operate out of district buildings that they don’t have to pay for and the district covers their administrative expenses. Affiliated or dependent charters are “really connected to the mother ship,” said José Cole-Gutiérrez, director of the L.A. Unified’s charter school division, the body that oversees both groups of charters.
Mikhail Zinshteyn
May 24, 2017
Election aftermath: Don't expect to see big increases in LA charter schools
Expanding charters will exacerbate L.A. Unified's major challenges, including a prospective budget deficit and declining enrollment.
Louis Freedberg and Mikhail Zinshteyn
May 15, 2017
Drive to increase charter enrollments triggers massive spending in LA school board race
Los Angeles Unified is at the epicenter of the charter school conflict.
Louis Freedberg
May 3, 2017
California’s largest charter group pushes its agenda with money and people power
Buttressed by its roughly $18 million in political spending in 2015 and 2016, the California Charter Schools Association is a rising political force in California that’s challenging the teachers unions’ prowess in shaping local and state education law.