According to the Boston Globe Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will seek legislation to take control of about 30 of the state’s lowest performing schools. The state’s law allows state officials to take over entire districts, but is ambiguous about the takeover of individual schools.

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In Los Angeles yesterday, the board of education voted to make Birmingham High School the city’s fourth conversion charter. School board member and BHS alum Tamar Galatzan voted for conversion, reported the Los Angeles Times today. "My community is crying out for choices," she said. "My community is crying out for innovation."   Read more >

Washington, D.C. –   Veteran education reformer Caprice Young of Los Angeles has been elected as Chair of the board of directors of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Also elected as officers of the board are Mashea Ashton (Vice Chair), John Lock (Secretary) and Deborah McGriff (Treasurer).   Read more >

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said repeatedly that he believes high-quality public charter schools are vital to education reform and he’s said how states treat charter schools will be a critical factor in determining which ones receive support from the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, the Race to the Top Funding, and future federal competitive grants.

We need to help him deliver on his promise.   Read more >

It has been 18 years since Minnesota passed the nation’s first public charter school law, and public charter schools have become a prominent feature of public education serving more than 1.4 million students in over 4,600 schools in 40 states and the District of Columbia.   Read more >