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National Association of Charter School Authorizers Strongly Supports Public Charter School Program ReauthorizationThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) endorses the efforts of Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senior Democrat Bobby Scott (D-VA) to reauthorize NCLB (No Child Left Behind) and strongly supports … |
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Press Statement on 1/21 US Senate HELP Committee Hearing ESEA Testing and AccountabilityIn response to the U.S. Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Committee hearing on testing and accountability, (scheduled for 9:30 am, Wednesday, January 21, 2015), Greg Richmond, President and CEO of … |
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Massachusetts Audit Obscures Successful Charter School OutcomesThe audit released today by the Massachusetts State Auditor of the administration of the charter school program by the Board of and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE and DESE) misses … |
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NACSA Launches New Communications EffortThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers is pleased to announce that Jobi Cates has joined the organization as Vice President of Communications. Cates comes to NACSA from Human Rights Watch, where … |
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NACSA Applauds Focus on Student Outcomes and Serving At-Risk StudentsThe National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) welcomed today’s release of the National Alliance for Public Charter School’s (the Alliance) new national report on charter school performance. “The Alliance report offers … |
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Evidence to the ContraryToday the Center for Education Reform published a report labeling the move toward independent, statewide authorizing commissions as a “dangerous trend.” Our conclusion based on research and experience couldn’t be more different. … |
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Stronger StillLast week in New Orleans, NACSA wrestled with issues of standardization and differentiation in the charter school sector. We held our annual joint meeting of our Board of Directors and National Advisory … |
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Redefining the School District, Tennessee-styleAmerican public education has overcome all sorts of roadblocks in its illustrious history — but in facing the problem of persistently failing schools, our traditional systems have hit a wall. Even when given some powerful turnaround … |
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Key Findings from “The State of Charter School Authorizing 2012”Today we released our 5th annual report on NACSA’s authorizer survey results: The State of Charter School Authorizing 2012. Its release each year leads me to reflect on how the authorizing sector … |
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Mississippi Adopts New Charter School LawGovernor Phil Bryant today signed Mississippi’s new charter school law, making the state the 42nd in the country to welcome charter schools. Its adoption paves the way for the state’s children to have access … |
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Active AuthorizingVia the Washington Post‘s Emma Brown, comes the news that Monday night, the DC Public Charter Schools Board (DC PCSB) unanimously denied a request from BASIS DC, one of the charter schools it authorizes, … |
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A Step Forward for Charter School Quality in TexasYesterday the Texas Senate passed SB 2 with a resounding 30-1 vote. The Senate should be applauded for passing a strong bill that will expand opportunity and improve the quality of charter … |
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Real Parent Empowerment without a WarThere has been a lot of heated rhetoric over the spread of so-called “parent trigger” or “parent petition” laws which allow parents and in some cases teachers to vote to restructure the … |
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Playing Political Football with Kids’ LivesNACSA’s president and CEO, Greg Richmond, has a op-ed in the Chicago Sun-Times arguing that charter schools are being used in Chicago’s “school wars” in ways that only serve adult interests and harm kids. While … |
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Protecting Student and Public InterestsIn a recent article from Renee Schoof at McClatchy, NACSA’s Alex Medler weighed in on a provision in a charter school bill in North Carolina that would allow charter schools discretion over “whether … |