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Charter Schools · MinnesotaThe Minnesota Legislature approved a bill this week that will require charter schools to follow new rules when awarding outside contracts. The bill’s passage comes on the heels of a Sahan Journal investigation that found Minnesota charter schools spend millions on large contracts each year with little oversight. Representative Laurie Pryor, DFL-Minnetonka, the bill’s chief House author, said that the independent nature of charter schools made it…See the Story
Minnesota Legislature closes loophole that allowed charter schools to award large contracts without bidding process
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Charter Schools · New YorkThis article was originally published in EducationNC.During the 2023-24 school year, 169 of the state’s 210 charter schools reported having a waitlist, according to a new report from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). Together, the waitlist totals more than 85,000 students. However, that number could include duplicate students on multiple waitlists, Ashley Baquero, DPI’s director of the Office of Charter Schools, told the State Board of…See the Story
New Charter School Report Shows Growing Student Waitlist in North Carolina
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Charter SchoolsIt’s National Charter Schools Week, and there is much to celebrate. Public charter schools in our state now educate 145,000 students in 63 counties, and charter popularity continues to grow with families. In fact, the state’s charter school waitlist now…See the Story
Lindalyn Kakadelis: Despite popularity, charter schools face battle
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Charter Schools · SpokaneAs we approach the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, a crucial question arises: Why are our nation’s schools experiencing increased segregation despite progress in neighborhood integration? A new study by Sean Reardon of Stanford University and Ann Owens of the University of Southern California provides a startling answer — more than half of the blame is due to the expansion of ...See the Story
Commentary: New data shows charter schools increase segregation
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Charter Schools · United StatesBAKER — A search warrant filed in court Thursday indicates that a charter school founder and CEO may be under investigation for financial crimes.Sheriff's deputies searched the school Monday, seizing computers, financial records and personnel files for members of Impact Charter School CEO Chakesha Scott's family members, court documents show.The search warrant for a case apparently begun in 2023 said the crimes being investigated include theft, …See the Story
Baker charter school searched in financial, records crimes investigation
Charter Schools · ChicagoCHICAGO — Parents, teachers and faculty are crying out to the Illinois State Board of Education to reconsider the board's decision to revoke Bronzeville Academy Charter School's charter at the end of this school year. On Wednesday, the Illinois State Board of Education made the decision not to renew the charter, in part because according to the board, the school didn't meet deadlines concerning a new school building for students to go to next ye…See the Story
South Side charter school asking state board to reconsider decision
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Charter Schools · New ZealandCharter schools are due to return to New Zealand in greater numbers than ever, with the first ready to start operating in time for term one in 2025. Predictably, advocates and opponents are split cleanly down ideological lines with socialists and teacher unions vehemently opposed to what PPTA Vice-President Keiran Gainsford calls an “unproven failed…See the Story
Charter Schools – A Triumph of Superior Ideology
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