Charter Schools

The latest news about charter schools, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Joshua Dawson, a new teacher at Key Middle School, works with students, while other pupils work with audiobooks on laptops.

Houston Schools Take a Page From Best Charters

With its Apollo 20 program, the Houston district set out to bring the best charter school ideas to its lowest-performing schools. (March 5, 2012)

Spotlight on Charter School Leadership

This Spotlight examines the ways schools cultivate new leaders and the many strengths and skills those leaders must draw upon.

Spotlight on Charter School Research

This Spotlight looks at how success of charter schools is measured, and how charters can collaborate with district schools.

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Commentary
Truly Paying for Performance
Catherine Awsumb Nelson and Richard Wertheimer offer Pittsburgh’s City High as a case study of basing pay decisions on the quality of classroom teaching, rather than standardized-test scores.
July 8, 2010 - Education Week
Study Finds No Clear Edge for Charter Schools
Mathematica compared results for students who won lotteries to attend charter middle schools with those of their peers who lost out in the random admissions process.
June 29, 2010 - Education Week
KIPP Middle Schools Found to Spur Learning Gains
Across 22 schools studied, researchers found few signs that schools were 'creaming' the best students or pushing out low achievers.
June 22, 2010 - Education Week
Minn. Law Spurs Charter Sponsors to Think Twice
Though seen as a national model, a law putting new demands on charter sponsors is prompting some to consider leaving authorizing.
June 18, 2010 - Education Week
Major Foundation Gets Set to Open a Charter School
With plans to open a charter school next year in its Kansas City, Mo. hometown, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation breaks new ground.
June 17, 2010 - Education Week
Banking Giant Offers Financing for Charter Schools
JPMorgan Chase & Co. pledges $325 million so that charter schools can finance expansions and renovations in a tight credit market.
May 28, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Several States Stay Off Charter School Bandwagon
May 12, 2010 - AP
Closure of Stanford-Run Charter Sparks Debate
Views vary on a California district’s decision to shut one school run by Stanford University but grant a two-year reprieve to the other.
May 7, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Commentary
Charter Schools: Education's Fox in the Henhouse?
Veteran teacher Burt Saxon is impressed but suspicious of the charter school movement, which he suspects may have privatization as a hidden agenda.
December 22, 2009 - Education Week
N.Y. Regents Release New Plan to Improve Schools
December 14, 2009 - AP

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