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Weingarten Responds on MSNBC's Morning Joe

Last week, the Alliance showed you video of MSNBC's Joe Scarborough claiming that the teachers union blocked New York state legislators from raising the state cap on public charter schools. Read about it on the Charter Blog or watch American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten respond on Morning Joe at left.

Start planning your National Charter Schools Week 2010 activities today! Promoting Innovation and Excellence May 2 - 8, 2010.

Charter Documentary:
The Lottery

'The Lottery' is a feature-length documentary that explores the struggles and dreams of four families from Harlem and the Bronx in the months leading up to the lottery for the public charter school, Harlem Success Academy, one of the most successful schools in New York.

  • BLOG

    Nashville’s charter director Alan Coverstone is looking for charter operators interested in turning around a struggling middle school. It’ll be a “real” conversion, and the new operator will have the autonomies provided under the state’s charter law – which should please even the most hardened turnaround skeptics.


    Watch for more such announcements as Race to the Top funds start to flow…
  • DAILY
    HEADLINES

    In a Huffington Post opinion piece, Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the Washington, D.C. Public Schools, cites “examples of extraordinary success” among urban schools.

    In other headlines...
    ‘Sanford’s Shift’
    ‘Hutchison Calls Education a Priority’
    ‘NYSUT Takes on Charter Schools’


      More headlines >

  • PUBLICATION

    It's very important to have better, clearer charter laws – laws that enable innovation, promote transparency about how charter schools perform and how they are held accountable, and provide fair access to public funds and facilities. We're encouraged that the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools supports creation of better charter school laws as models of learning, and we encourage authorizers to hold charters accountable for student performance.
      Read more >

  • ALERT

    The President delivered a major speech on the economy in December 8, 2009 in which he outlined his goals for a potential second “stimulus” bill that will be targeted at three key areas:   Read more >

  • PRESS
    RELEASE

    Washington, DC - The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools today released the first-ever ranking of all state charter school laws that is based on the full range of values in the public charter school movement: quality and accountability, funding equity, facilities support, autonomy, and growth and choice.    Read more >