Oprah Gives Millions for Charter Children
Charter schools just got the gift of a lifetime. Yesterday, Oprah Winfrey gave out the last Oprah’s Angel Network grants – and the recipients were all charter schools. How’s that for going out with a bang?
Charter schools just got the gift of a lifetime. Yesterday, Oprah Winfrey gave out the last Oprah’s Angel Network grants – and the recipients were all charter schools. How’s that for going out with a bang?
This has been whirlwind week for education reform. "Superman" is finally here.
Indianapolis charter school performance will be carefully scrutinized in the upcoming battle for scarce dollars for education funding when Indiana begins to draft its two-year budget in January.
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Contact: Sarah Johnson, (202) 521-2826 Deborah Veney Robinson, (202) 521-2828 pressroom@publiccharters.org
More teachers leave charters than leave district-run schools – a familiar phenomenon that’s currently drawing a flurry of research scrutiny. The sector usually contends that turnover is to be expected in start-ups, and that the numbers are really driven by terminations of ineffective teachers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools today released the following statement from its President and CEO, Peter Groff, on the states selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Education in the second round of the Race to the Top competition:
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Contact: Sarah Johnson, 202.521.2826 Seven of 49 Innovation Grantees Support Existing and New Public Charter Schools
For Immediate Release: Contact: Deborah V. Robinson, 202-521-2828 Sarah Johnson, 202-521-2826
White House message renews commitment to education reform under Race to the Top
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Contact: Deborah Veney Robinson, 202.521.2828 Sarah Johnson 202.521.2826 Based on Annual Ranking of the Countrys 10 Strongest State Charter School Laws
For Immediate Release: Contact: Deborah Veney Robinson, 202.904.1719 Sarah Johnson, 202.210.6527