Response to the Associated Press Examination of the Racial Makeup of Public Charter Schools
The bottom line is that parents choose charter schools because they work.
National Alliance Statement on the Passage of the House Tax Bill
The National Alliance is deeply concerned with the passage of H.R. 1. This bill jeopardizes the ability of charter schools to access the needed resources to secure a facility.
National Alliance Statement on CRPE Report
The Center for Reinventing Public Education’s (CRPE) new report underscores the need for increased district-charter collaboration.
National Alliance Statement on Tax Plan
Late yesterday, the Senate released its tax bill and Nina Rees has released the following statement.
National Alliance Statement on Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools
Today, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute released a new study, Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Traditional Public Schools, which finds that teachers in traditional public schools are almost three times as likely to be chronically absent as teachers in charter schools.
National Alliance Statement on CRPE Declining Enrollment in Traditional Public Schools Paper
The National Alliance's Susan Pendergrass released the following statement in response to CRPE study on declining enrollment in traditional public schools.
National Alliance Statement on the Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill
Washington, D.C. The Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee today recommended a $25 million increase to the federal Charter Schools Program (CSP).
Wisconsin Allows Independent Charter Schools Statewide
Nina Rees released the following statement today on the Wisconsin Legislatures Joint Finance Committees vote on the K-12 education budget.
National Alliance Statement on CREDO School Closure Report
Nina Rees released the following statement in response to a CREDO report on school closures across public district and public charter schools.
National Alliance Applauds Texas Legislature, Governor for Giving Public Charter School Students Facilities Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Texas Governor Greg Abbott today signed into law the school finance bill HB 21, which will for the first time give Texas public school students who attend charter schools direct support from the state for facilities funding.