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NAPCS Supports Federal ALL-STAR Bills
On June 4th, bipartisan All Students Achieving through Reform (ALL-STAR) Act legislation was introduced by U.S.
Senator Kirk
(R-IL) and
Congressman Polis
(D-CO). NAPCS President and CEO Nina Rees
stated
, this legislation would make "important updates and improvements to the federal Charter Schools Program" as it seeks to enhance federal support and funding for public schools.
Public Charter Schools Top
Newsweek
Best High Schools and Transformation High School Rankings
Newsweek
has released its
2013 America’s Best High Schools
and 13 public charter schools are among the top 100. Further, 64 percent of Newsweek's "Transformative High Schools" are public charter high schools.
NAPCS Research Summary on Public Charter Schools’ Academic Performance Shows Positive Trends
New report
summarizing prominent research studies published over the past four years showed that students who attended public charter schools academically outperformed their traditional public school peers.
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