Press Release

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement has published the names of the recipients of about $100.2 million in Charter School Program (CSP) Grants to Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools competition.

Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools kicks off its fourth annual School Leaders of Color (SLOC) Capitol Hill Action Initiative.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools annual state-by-state ranking of public charter school laws ranked Colorado second, for the second year in a row.

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Annual Report Names Georgia the Highest Climber in Annual State Rankings

Upcoming Legislative Session Creates Opportunity for Lawmakers to Affect Meaningful Change

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Annual Report Ranks Indiana Best in the Nation for the Fourth Year in a Row

For the Second Year in a Row, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Annual Report Ranks Washington 3rd in the Nation

The National Alliance released its annual ranking of state charter school laws in Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, Tenth Edition. Over the past decade, this report has evaluated how well each state aligns its charter school law to a “gold standard” model law.

In a historic ruling for public education in Washington, the state’s Supreme Court today ruled in El Centro de la Raza vs. Washington that public charter schools are constitutional, upholding their place in the public education system and ensuring current and future charter school students will have access to a high-quality public education. 

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement announced the recipients of $399 million in Charter Schools Program grants for a variety of programs.