Press Release

In just the first week of the Charters Work campaign, more than 5,000 parents, families, teachers, school and community leaders across all 50 states added their names to the petition insisting 2020 presidential candidates end their attacks on charter schools.

The nation's premiere public charter schools conference has brought more than 5,000 educators, school leaders, policymakers, charter support organizations and advocates to Las Vegas, NV over the last three days.

Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) released the below open letter, signed by 244 leaders of color, imploring Senator Bernie Sanders to withdraw his call for a moratorium on public charter schools.

Today more than 5,000 charter school leaders, educators, and policymakers will gather during the 2019 National Charter Schools Conference (#NCSC19) for an all-conference rally to push back against bureaucratic interests and fight for all students to have the opportunity to attend a high-quality public school.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) is proud to host the nation’s annual premier charter schools gathering — the National Charter Schools Conference.

Today, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed House Bill 206 into law. In theory, the bill will allow public charter schools in the state. Unfortunately, because of political pressure from special interest groups, the bill was written to actually discourage the creation of high-quality public charter schools.

We have been increasingly concerned to see how our model law’s provisions regarding open meetings and open records have been misused by charter school opponents in Washington, D.C. to try to undermine the good work being done by D.C.’s public charter schools and the D.C. Public Charter School Board.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) invites you to our 2019 National Charter School Conference (#NCSC19) — June 30 - July 3 in Las Vegas, NV — bringing together more than 5,000 educators, school leaders, policymakers, charter support organizations, charter management organizations, and advocates to collaborate and experience the premier leadership development event in the public charter school sector.

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) invites you to our 2019 National Charter Schools Conference (#NCSC19) — June 30 - July 3 in Las Vegas, NV — bringing together more than 5,000 educators, school leaders, policymakers, charter support organizations, charter management organizations, and advocates to collaborate and experience the premier leadership development event in the public charter school sector.

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