National Charter Schools Week

Rolling coverage of the annual school choice celebrations — National Charter Schools Week in May & School Choice Week every January

A Children’s Shelter in Northwest Arkansas Has a New Plan to Help Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma: Launch a New School Built Just For Them

Laura Fay

May 15, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Wilkins & Ziebarth: 2019 Champions for Charters and Hall of Famers Show Support for Charter Schools Across the Aisle & the Country

Amy Wilkins & Todd Ziebarth

May 14, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Dobard: From Strong Accountability to Open Enrollment and Community Engagement, 10 Reasons New Orleans’s Schools Are Succeeding

Patrick Dobard

May 14, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Pahl: How a Coalition of Educators, Activists and Families Saved Charter Schools in the New Mexico Legislature

Matthew Pahl

May 13, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Langhorne: These 5 D.C. Charter Schools All Have the Same Mission but Couldn’t Be More Different

Emily Langhorne

May 13, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Survey Shows 3 in 4 Californians Support Charters as Alternatives for Low-Income Families; Majority Are Concerned About Federal Policy and Undocumented Students

Esmeralda Fabián Romero

May 13, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

As It Closes In on 20 Years, IDEA Public Schools, Texas’s Homegrown Charter Network, Is Big, Bold and Sticking to the Basics

Bekah McNeel

May 12, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Uncommon Schools’ New President Julie Jackson Talks Community Circles, Transition Points, College Completion & Loving Our Students

Richard Whitmire

May 12, 2019

National Charter Schools Week

Nina Rees: This National Charter Schools Week, It’s More Important Than Ever to Celebrate the Success of 3.2 Million Charter Kids

Nina Rees

May 12, 2019

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The Investing in Opportunity Act: Hidden in the New Tax Bill, a Program to Help Charter Schools Secure Funds to Expand in High-Needs Areas

John Bailey

May 9, 2018

National Charter Schools Week

DC Charter’s Project-Based After-School Program ‘Wows’ in Its Results for English Learners, Expands to District Schools

Carolyn Phenicie

May 8, 2018

National Charter Schools Week

Nina Rees: National Charter Schools Week, a Time for Celebrating Great Public Schools — and the Teachers Who Make Them Possible

Nina Rees

May 6, 2018

National Charter Schools Week

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels Looks to Expand His Indy Charter School, Saying ‘We Would Wait Forever’ If Relying on K-12 System to Improve

Carolyn Phenicie

May 4, 2018

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Brizard and Pearson: Why Charter Boards Are the Key to School Success

Scott Pearson & Jean-Claude Brizard

May 4, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Meet the 3 New Education Advocates to Be Inducted Into the National Charter School Hall of Fame

Kate Stringer

May 3, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

National Charter Schools Week to Toast 19 State & Federal ‘Champions’ From Both Parties at Capitol Hill

Mareesa Nicosia

May 2, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Denver, Texas, NYC: Meet the 3 Finalists for This Year’s $250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

Mark Keierleber

May 1, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Rees: National Charter Schools Week, and Bridging the Partisan Divide to Celebrate Great Public Schools

Nina Rees

April 30, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Schooling, Reimagined: How Dacia Toll Shaped the Greenfield School By Borrowing From the Best

Richard Whitmire

January 25, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Dozens of Indianapolis Schools, One Application: Nonprofit Aims for Easier, More Equitable Enrollment

Mark Keierleber

January 25, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Parents at Work: Has EdNavigator Fixed School Engagement by Making It a Job Benefit?

Mareesa Nicosia

January 24, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Analysis: School Choice — but Not in My Town. How to Integrate When Affluent Districts Pull Up the Drawbridge?

Kevin Mahnken

January 24, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Maryland Education Reform Talk Heating Up as State Leaders Debate Vouchers, Charter Schools, ESSA

Mark Keierleber

January 23, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Nebraska Lawmakers Propose Dozens of New Education Bills as Charters, Vouchers Gain Momentum

Mareesa Nicosia

January 22, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

America’s School Choice Map: 5 Hot Spots for Vouchers, Savings Accounts and Tuition Tax Breaks

Naomi Nix

January 22, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Title I Portability, Grants, Tax Code Changes — The New Opportunities for Federal School Choice

Carolyn Phenicie

January 18, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Merriweather: My Grad School Stats Say I Beat the Odds. A Private School Scholarship Let Me Do It

Denisha Merriweather

January 16, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Poll — 75% of Millennials Support School Choice; Majority of Americans Like Trump’s $20 Billion Plan

Kate Stringer

January 12, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

Why These Two Tulsa Educators Returned Home to Save the Latino Students Too Often Left Behind

Kate Stringer

January 9, 2017

2017 Charter School & School Choice Weeks

As Political Winds Shift in Texas, Charter Advocates Plan 2017 Push for Funds to Build New Schools

Mareesa Nicosia

January 3, 2017

National Charter Schools Week

Big IDEAS: High-Achieving South Texas Charter Network Reveals National Expansion Plan

Mareesa Nicosia

May 3, 2016

National Charter Schools Week

Greg Richmond: Are Charter School Standards At Risk From Within?

Greg Richmond

May 3, 2016

National Charter Schools Week

6 Innovative School Leaders Who Are Disrupting Traditional Education

Mark Keierleber

May 2, 2016

National Charter Schools Week

Case Study: Rainshadow H.S., a Haven for Nevada’s At-Risk Teens, Now Finds Itself At Risk of Closure

Max Eden

May 1, 2016

National Charter Schools Week

Favoring Charter Schools Moves from Concept to Reality for More Parents, New Survey Shows

Carolyn Phenicie

April 27, 2016

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A Children’s Shelter in Northwest Arkansas Has a New Plan to Help Kids Who Have Experienced Trauma: Launch a New School Built Just For Them

Wilkins & Ziebarth: 2019 Champions for Charters and Hall of Famers Show Support for Charter Schools Across the Aisle & the Country

Dobard: From Strong Accountability to Open Enrollment and Community Engagement, 10 Reasons New Orleans’s Schools Are Succeeding

Pahl: How a Coalition of Educators, Activists and Families Saved Charter Schools in the New Mexico Legislature

Langhorne: These 5 D.C. Charter Schools All Have the Same Mission but Couldn’t Be More Different

Survey Shows 3 in 4 Californians Support Charters as Alternatives for Low-Income Families; Majority Are Concerned About Federal Policy and Undocumented Students

As It Closes In on 20 Years, IDEA Public Schools, Texas’s Homegrown Charter Network, Is Big, Bold and Sticking to the Basics

Uncommon Schools’ New President Julie Jackson Talks Community Circles, Transition Points, College Completion & Loving Our Students

Nina Rees: This National Charter Schools Week, It’s More Important Than Ever to Celebrate the Success of 3.2 Million Charter Kids

Children deserve a first-rate education.The public deserves first-rate reporting on it.Please make a tax-exempt donation to The 74.

The Investing in Opportunity Act: Hidden in the New Tax Bill, a Program to Help Charter Schools Secure Funds to Expand in High-Needs Areas

DC Charter’s Project-Based After-School Program ‘Wows’ in Its Results for English Learners, Expands to District Schools

Nina Rees: National Charter Schools Week, a Time for Celebrating Great Public Schools — and the Teachers Who Make Them Possible

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels Looks to Expand His Indy Charter School, Saying ‘We Would Wait Forever’ If Relying on K-12 System to Improve

Brizard and Pearson: Why Charter Boards Are the Key to School Success

Meet the 3 New Education Advocates to Be Inducted Into the National Charter School Hall of Fame

National Charter Schools Week to Toast 19 State & Federal ‘Champions’ From Both Parties at Capitol Hill

Denver, Texas, NYC: Meet the 3 Finalists for This Year’s $250,000 Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools

Rees: National Charter Schools Week, and Bridging the Partisan Divide to Celebrate Great Public Schools

Schooling, Reimagined: How Dacia Toll Shaped the Greenfield School By Borrowing From the Best

Dozens of Indianapolis Schools, One Application: Nonprofit Aims for Easier, More Equitable Enrollment

Parents at Work: Has EdNavigator Fixed School Engagement by Making It a Job Benefit?

Analysis: School Choice — but Not in My Town. How to Integrate When Affluent Districts Pull Up the Drawbridge?

Maryland Education Reform Talk Heating Up as State Leaders Debate Vouchers, Charter Schools, ESSA

Nebraska Lawmakers Propose Dozens of New Education Bills as Charters, Vouchers Gain Momentum

America’s School Choice Map: 5 Hot Spots for Vouchers, Savings Accounts and Tuition Tax Breaks

Title I Portability, Grants, Tax Code Changes — The New Opportunities for Federal School Choice

Merriweather: My Grad School Stats Say I Beat the Odds. A Private School Scholarship Let Me Do It

Poll — 75% of Millennials Support School Choice; Majority of Americans Like Trump’s $20 Billion Plan

Why These Two Tulsa Educators Returned Home to Save the Latino Students Too Often Left Behind

As Political Winds Shift in Texas, Charter Advocates Plan 2017 Push for Funds to Build New Schools

Big IDEAS: High-Achieving South Texas Charter Network Reveals National Expansion Plan

Greg Richmond: Are Charter School Standards At Risk From Within?

6 Innovative School Leaders Who Are Disrupting Traditional Education

Case Study: Rainshadow H.S., a Haven for Nevada’s At-Risk Teens, Now Finds Itself At Risk of Closure

Favoring Charter Schools Moves from Concept to Reality for More Parents, New Survey Shows

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Children deserve a first-rate education.
The public deserves first-rate reporting on it.
Please make a tax-exempt donation to The 74.