Green Dot Public Schools

March 20, 2019

A cap on charters would only cap family choices

Don't ignore the powerful impact charter schools have on student's lives, former student says.

Michael Phillips

May 29, 2018

Marshall Tuck cites need for change, action plan in 2nd run for California schools chief

He has run charter schools and a nonprofit partnership of high-poverty schools in Los Angeles Unified.

John Fensterwald

November 24, 2014

Ryan Smith: Organizing for equity

Ryan Smith, the new executive director of Education Trust-West, got an early lesson in the inequities of education in California when, as a 6-year-old, his single mother used her savings to move from low-income South Los Angeles so that her only child could attend better schools.

John Fensterwald

October 23, 2014

Charters plan for future growth outside state

Most of the $27 million in federal grants that four California-based charter school organizations received this month to expand their operations will go toward growing schools in out-of state markets.

John Fensterwald

August 21, 2013

Former head of alternative schools in Los Angeles challenging Tom Torlakson

John Fensterwald