Four Years in the Making
Mercedes Ferreira-Dias, a graduate of Mater Lakes Academy charter school, hopes to continue her string of achievements with Berklee College of Music’s dual bachelor's/master's program with Harvard University in the fall.
Discovering My Passion: Poetry and the Power of Public Speaking
Oscar Cortes, a graduate of Summit Sierra public charter school in Washington state, shares his story.
Meet the String Queens: Q&A with Cellist Élise Cuffy
In the next installment in the series introducing The String Queens, the National Alliance's Kelsey Nelson interviews Élise Cuffy about her musical passions and thoughts on the current state of arts education.
5 Ways to Reimagine Education at the National Charter Schools Conference
The National Alliance has challenged ourselves this year to reimagine the education that attendees get at the 2019 National Charter Schools Conference with new initiatives to enhance the conference experience and embrace the theme: “Reimagining Education.”
Charter Schools: Reimagining through Conversation
The theme of this year’s National Charter School Conference is “Reimagining Education” and in June our greater charter school family will gather from across the nation to hear how each of us are doing just this.
Charter Schools and Elected Officials Putting Kids First
Charter schools have always enjoyed bipartisan support from elected officials from all levels of government. During National Charter Schools Week, we celebrate the champions of the charter school movement.
Putting Students First: Simple, but Not Easy
Middle school principal at Tulsa Honor Academy explains how the school puts scholars first—always.
College Counseling that Matters and Gets Results
Twenty-five years ago, KIPP was built on a promise: helping 47 fifth-graders from low-income families climb the mountain to and through college. But reaching this challenging goal proved to be more difficult than we originally thought.
Charter Schools are Getting Results
Taken together, it is easy to say that, on average, charter schools are doing what they set out to do—improving educational opportunities for students.
Charter Schools ARE Different—And so is the Research
The National Alliance's Nathan Barrett, Ph.D., explains why research designs for studies looking into charter school student outcomes look a little different than studies that look squarely at district school students or all public school students.