Charter Schools

Commentary One great thing about living in a Western society is that citizens have plenty of choices. We get to decide where we shop, which events we attend, what type ...

Commentary The academic achievement gap between black and white students has proven resistant to most educational policy changes. ...

Despite having worked for 45 years in the public school system exclusively, I believe strongly in school choice. ...

Commentary Out of all Canadian provinces, Alberta provides the most educational options to parents and students. Not only ...

Commentary The present COVID-19 pandemic has left public schools scrambling to find ways to dampen the impact on ...

SANTA ANA, Calif.⁠—In recent times, California’s charter schools have faced greater scrutiny, with the California Teachers Association spending ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) rolled out her plan for K-12 education this October. In her writing, the Democratic ...

After Governor Gavin Newsom brokered a deal between teachers’ unions and charter school advocates in August over the ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected arguments last week that taxpayer funding of charter schools violates the state’s constitution—a ...

Two bills aimed at limiting charter schools have passed in the California State Assembly and the State Senate’s ...

Considering the success of charter schools in Alberta, it is surprising that no other province allows independent parent ...

After three branches of the NAACP in southern California called for the civil rights organization to lift a ...

During the January teachers’ strike in Los Angeles, unions dedicated a great deal of attention to charter schools, ...

Charter schools have outperformed traditional public schools in both cost-effectiveness and return-on-investment (ROI) metrics according to a new report by ...

The United States is in an education crisis. An estimated two-thirds of America's high school graduates are neither ...

Commentary Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos caught a lot of heat when her recent exchange with the Senate ...

In a field as pivotal for the future as K-12 education, you could be forgiven for assuming teachers, ...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stepped up his opposition to teachers unions and support for charter schools during ...

Due to poor oversight charter schools lost over $100 million to waste, fraud, and abuse over the past ...

NEW YORK—A City Council hearing on charter schools Tuesday shed light on some of the finer points of ...

Hundreds of people rallied Thursday against privileges granted by the state to New York City charter schools in ...

Requel Russell-George is a mother of two students at Public School 169 in the Bronx. She said she ...

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed a major shift in tone on charter schools Sunday, casting them in ...

NEW YORK—A crowd was cheering as charter school parent Denisa Henry rallied for her daughter’s education on City ...

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio places a lot of trust in Anthony Shorris to run day-to-day operations at ...

NEW YORK—I.S. 52, a middle school in Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan, now shares space with a charter high school, ...

NEW YORK—Even though there have been conciliatory signs from the new administration, some of New York City’s biggest ...