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NACSA Cheers Passage of Comprehensive Charter School Reform Bill in OhioToday Ohio state lawmakers passed House Bill 2 (HB 2), a comprehensive charter school reform bill. In response, Amanda Fenton, director of state and federal policy at NACSA, issued the following statement: … |
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NACSA Urges Ohio Legislature to Pass Charter School Reform BillThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) fully supports Ohio House Bill 2 (HB 2) as passed by the conference committee today. We are pleased with the legislatures’ commitment to this … |
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California Authorizers Take the Lead to Improve Charter School Quality and Oversight in StateNACSA commends the Alameda County Office of Education’s new Charter Authorizers’ Resource Network (CARSNet) and California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP) as they kick off the California Charter Authorizers Conference—the first-ever conference focused … |
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U.S. Department of Education Emphasizes Charter School Oversight, Including NACSA’s National Authorizing StandardsChicago, Ill. — Today the U.S. Department of Education announced the next round of Charter Schools Program (CSP) grants. In a press conference, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan voiced his support … |
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NACSA Calls on Washington State Governor to Save Charter SchoolsOver the past three years, Washington’s public officials have worked carefully to implement the state’s new charter school law. It is because of their work that more than 1,200 children throughout the … |
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Closing bad charters isn’t the only challengeThe Fordham Institute’s Adam Emerson emphasizes the critical role that new schools must play in the transformation of one million lives. The One Million Lives Campaign launched in the fall by the National Association of … |
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Visualizing the Need for Great New SchoolsAs part of its annual Call for Quality Options, the Louisiana Department of Education has launched a new interactive information center to accompany the various ways in which the department is seeking … |
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D.C. debates growth of charter schoolsThe Washington Post’s Emma Brown scratches the surface of some of the difficult issues that arise when a city’s charter schools educate the same percentage of kids as its district schools. |
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New schools, new opportunities—seven steps to strategic changeCrossposted at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Closing schools, district or charter, is almost always difficult and disruptive. We should not pretend, though, that the disruption that comes with closure is worse … |
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New CREDO Study Confirms Need for Smarter Replication and Faster Action on Failing SchoolsThe Charter School Growth and Replication study released last week by Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) has important implications for charter authorizers. The study’s key findings–that charter school performance is … |
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Give Quality a Chance: Maine Commission Working to Set High StandardsOne way to provide more children with an opportunity to go to a great school is to approve only those charter applicants that have demonstrated that they are ready to succeed. The … |
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Ball State Stands Up for QualityEarlier this week, Ball State University announced its intent to revoke the charters of seven of its nearly 40 charter schools for failure to meet performance expectations. The authorizer had until March to … |
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Smarter Growth: Indiana Replicates High-Performing SchoolsCareful replication of high-performers is one important method for growing high-quality schools. The Indianapolis Mayor’s Office of Education Innovation is doing just that, with recent approvals of seven new charter schools—six of which are replications. … |
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500 New Charter Schools, 270K More Charter StudentsThe National Alliance has released new numbers from its Public Charter Schools Dashboard showing that this past fall 500 new charter schools opened their doors and an additional 270,000 students enrolled in charter schools … |
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Pending Charter Closure in D.C.Washington, D.C. officials recently voted to begin revoking Imagine Southeast’s charter, citing its failure to meet academic achievement expectations as well as four out of five goals in its charter agreement. Opened … |