COVID-19

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools releases new survey data from The Harris Poll on parents’ views on education and willingness to be “education voters.”

Nina Rees responds to a USA Today article covering an old and unfounded story about charter schools.

Today, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released a report conducted by Public Impact, Learning in Real Time: How Charters Schools Serve Students During COVID-19 closures, that compares how charter schools and district schools served students during COVID-19 closures.

The National Alliance research team took a look at the data surrounding the digital divide for students and how charter school students may be affected.

Learn more about how charter schools are helping students explore music, celebrating teachers and students, feeding the community, and providing free education open to all.

In this edition of uplifting stories, we see charter schools hosting a parent parade, providing food and supplies for others, an entire senior class gets accepted into college, and a school nurse returns to the ICU to help patients fight COVID-19.

Read how charter schools are stepping up by promoting mental health, finding creative ways to celebrate students, collaborating to help others, and much more.