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NACSA President Calls on US House of Representatives to Support the Every Student Succeeds ActThis week, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will come before the US House of Representatives for a floor vote. The current legislative proposal, which is a reauthorization of the Elementary and … |
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NACSA Disappointed in Washington State Supreme Court DecisionYesterday, the Washington Supreme Court ruled it will not reconsider its earlier decision that invalidates the state’s charter school law. In response, Greg Richmond, president and CEO of the National Association of … |
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NACSA Comments on Congress’s Progress on Long-Stalled Education Policy RewriteLast week, our nation’s lawmakers announced that they have developed a framework for moving forward on a long-stalled rewrite of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). In response, Greg Richmond, president and CEO … |
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NACSA urges Authorizers and Policymakers to take action on Virtual Schools given CREDO ReportAuthorizers need to consider credible evidence when considering online charter schools in their community. This week, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) released a ground-breaking report on virtual schools which found … |
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NACSA responds to the Center for Media and Democracy’s Report “Charter School Black Hole”The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is a non-profit, professional organization that has worked with states, school districts and other authorizers to strengthen charter school oversight across the country for … |
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NACSA Commends KIPP on Strong Student AchievementNACSA’s president and CEO, Greg Richmond, issued the following statement regarding the KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes study released yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research: “Today’s Mathematica Policy Research study on the positive … |
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KIPP Impact: “Statistically significant, and educationally substantial”Mathematica Policy Research, a nonpartisan research firm, has released a new study of KIPP middle schools. The study, funded by Atlantic Philanthropies, found that “The average impact of KIPP on student achievement is … |
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UFT Charter School Gets Improve-or-Close RenewalThis morning, the Charter School Committee of the Board of Trustees of The State University of New York (SUNY), the governing body of the SUNY Charter Schools Institute decided to renew the charter of U.F.T. … |
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More on Authorizer Accountability in MichiganEastern Michigan University’s Charter Schools Office Director Malverne Winborne weighs in on the recent report commissioned by the Michigan State Board of Education comparing the performance of authorizer portfolios across the state. … |
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Postcard from the Statehouse: Austin, Texas“Postcard from the Statehouse” will provide occasional updates on the travels of NACSA’s Policy Team as they advocate for strong authorizer policies across the country. Greetings from Texas! Yesterday, the Senate Education Committee heard … |
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No Exit?Imagine if you were in a contractual relationship with a service provider, and the provider told you that you couldn’t end the contract. A recent case in Florida illustrates why NACSA recommends … |
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Access is Not OptionalBy design, charter schools are supposed to be open to all students. The idea is that rather than gaining admission based on their zip code or test scores, charter school students are … |
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Accepting AccountabilityIt is always disappointing when charter schools that are not meeting their performance expectations fight efforts to hold them accountable. We shouldn’t forget, though, that some charter schools will live up to … |
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Four Tips for Cage-Busting AuthorizersRick Hess’s new book, Cage-Busting Leadership is out. Quality charter school authorizing often involves a lot of cage-busting. The vast majority of authorizers work in school districts–systems that are set up in … |
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Joint–Not-Central–Planning for All DC Public SchoolsIn the second post of a two-part series, Scott Pearson, Executive Director of the D.C. Public Charter School Board, addresses another big question raised in Emma Brown’s recent article on charter school growth in the nation’s capital: … |