Tag: Charter Schools
Rethinking and Reimagining Learning – Education Freedom Makes its way to West Virginia
Last week, West Virginia made history by passing the most expansive and inclusive education freedom policy in the country. HB 2013, which passed the full legislature, expands the state's…
Report Card on American Education: 23rd Edition
For an online comparison tool, custom report cards and state education reports, visit www.ALECReportCard.org…
Celebrating Educational Choice Across the Country During School Choice Week
Educational choice programs are in the spotlight this week as National School Choice Week kicks off over 21,000 events across the country, involving more than six million parents, students, educators,…
Survey: Most Lawmakers Support School Choice
In September, Ed Choice, formerly known as the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, released the results of a survey questioning state legislators about their views on various aspects of…
Indiana Education Reform Package
Chapters of the Indiana Education Reform Package (1) Charter Schools Act (2) School Scholarships Act (3) Teacher Evaluations and Licensing Act (4) Teacher Collective Bargaining Act (5) Turnaround…
Massachusetts Plays the Lottery with Students' Futures
Last Wednesday, the families of 366 Massachusetts students waited anxiously while their educational fates were decided by a lottery. The families were applying to the Holyoke Community Charter School, one of the best in Massachusetts, but because charter school enrollment is arbitrarily capped in the state, only 34 were chosen to enroll in the school. Unfortunately, scenes like the one at Holyoke are not uncommon in Massachusetts, where the law allows only a certain number of charter schools to operate.
Report Ranks States for Hostility to Parent Choice and Charter Schools
On Tuesday, the Network for Public Education (NPE), a policy group led by well-known school choice opponent Diane Ravitch, published a report grading the states' education policies. Unlike the…
Netflix Billionaire Hopes to Avoid Zuckerberg Donation Mess by Focusing on Charter Schools
Earlier this month, Reed Hastings, CEO and founder of Netflix, announced he would donate $100 million dollars to set up a fund for educational initiatives, mainly the creation and maintenance…
Five Reasons to Celebrate National School Choice Week 2016
This week is National School Choice Week! Here are five reasons to celebrate school choice this year.
Inez Feltscher Defends School Choice in O.C. Register
Board members of the Anaheim Union High School District and Superintendent Michael Matsuda took to the Voice of OC news site to argue that charter schools' "main goal" is to…
Feltscher to Breitbart: Omnibus Bill Fails to Reauthorize School Choice
Adding to other disappointments for conservatives, the FY 2016 omnibus spending bill does not include reauthorization for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP). The District's scholarship program serves…
Massachusetts Caps Boston Students' Potential by Restricting Charter Growth
Looking in from the outside, one would think this would be a great time to be a charter school operator in Boston. The city's charter sector has garnered praise for…
Public Charter School Authorizing and Accountability Act
Summary The purpose of this legislation is to establish the procedure for authorizing public charter schools by creating the State Public Charter School Commission while also creating an accountability mechanism…