Support for Public Charter Schools Increases in 2019 Education Next Poll
With a four-percentage point increase, support for charter schools jumped to 48 percent this year.
West Virginia Misses Opportunity to Create High-Quality Schools for the State's Neediest Students
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.
D.C. Public Charter Schools and Authorizer Meet Intent of Our Model Law
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.
National Alliance Urges Appellate Court to Uphold Florida HB 7069
Oral Arguments Held to Determine Fate of Bill Providing More Equitable Funding to Florida Public School Students
New Report Finds Public Charter Schools Outperforming Traditional Public Schools in Teacher Diversity
Black students in public charter schools are about 50 percent more likely to have a Black teacher than their traditional public-school counterparts
National Alliance Blasts California Assembly for Passing Bill that Threatens Underserved Students
Politicians in the California Assembly shamelessly passed a bill that will limit access to a high-quality public school for California students.
National Alliance Responds to Bernie Sanders’ Call for Charter Moratorium
Senior Vice President of Advocacy Amy Wilkins released a statement on 2020 Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders' use of the anniversary of the Brown v. Board decision to make a political announcement.
National Alliance Statement on House Appropriations Subcommittee FY2020 Budget
National Alliance President and CEO Nina Rees responds to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies' Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 spending bill.
National Alliance Applauds Tennessee Gov. Lee and Tennessee Legislature on Charter School Bills
Late last month, Tennessee’s House and Senate passed HB 940 and SB 796, respectively, which have been signed into law by Governor Lee. These bills establish a nine-member independent Tennessee Public Charter School Commission with authorizing authority.
U.S. News’ Best High Schools Shows Charter Schools’ Outsized Excellence in Public Education
Today, U.S. News & World Report’s new annual rankings of the best public high schools in the country recognize public charter schools are among the top-performing high schools for students. Within the top ten high schools, three are charter schools.