School Choice & Charters
Education news, analysis, and opinion about the legislation, policies, governance, research, advocacy, and institutions around school choice and charters.
- School Choice & Charters Nation's First Religious Charter School Denied, For NowThe action by the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board buys some time to consider the implications, including for the members themselves.School Choice & Charters Opinion Attend These Charter Schools. Leave With College CredentialsThe founder of a charter network discusses how his schools bring a K-16 model to the K-12 system.School Choice & Charters Explainer Education Savings Accounts, ExplainedFour states this year have passed laws allowing any parent to spend public dollars on private school tuition or other education expenses.School Choice & Charters A Major Reversal on Religious Charter Schools in OklahomaThe attorney general withdrew his predecessor's opinion that religious groups could not be excluded from the state charter school program.School Choice & Charters Opinion A Charter Academy Delivering a ‘Classical’ Education Grows in PopularityAt its core, Great Hearts Academy seeks to foster virtuous human beings, explains the schools' CEO.School Choice & Charters A Proposed Catholic Charter School Is New Test for Religion and Public EducationWith a favorable state attorney general's opinion in hand, Catholic officials are set to ask for approval of the first religious charter.School Choice & Charters Opinion How Are Charter Schools Faring in Our Polarized Political Era?There are several distinct and passionate school communities that reside under the charter school banner. Can they work alongside another?School Choice & Charters What to Know About a Neo-Nazi Home-School ScandalThree things to know about how the incident connects to broader public education debates.School Choice & Charters The Push for School Choice Is AcceleratingStates across the country are considering sweeping school choice bills that would send public funds to private schools.School Choice & Charters Charter School Governance Shapes Those Schools’ Approach to EquityNew research finds that the entities governing charters influence the schools' commitment to equity.School Choice & Charters Q&A Voucher Programs Gain Strength With Help From the Courts, An Expert SaysA school choice expert explains how recent rulings could prevent future voucher programs from getting blocked by opponents.School Choice & Charters Charter School Enrollment Holds Steady After Big Early Pandemic GrowthThe numbers show that most students who left their district schools in the first year of the pandemic did not return.School Choice & Charters Federal Funding and Charter School Closures: What the Latest Government Data ShowThe Government Accountability Office examined closure rates over 15 years and $2.5 billion of federal funding.School Choice & Charters Biden Administration Tightens Rules on Charter School Funding ProgramThe U.S. Department of Education responded to over 25,000 public comments in making its final revision of charter school funding rules.School Choice & Charters Opinion The Biden Administration Is Right: Charters Need to Be More AccountableThe proposed changes to the federal Charter School Program are just common sense, write Jitu Brown and Randi Weingarten.