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Why You Should Care About a Charter School Cap in Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has always been the cradle of innovation and success for American public schools. The country’s first public schools were in the Bay State, professional teacher...

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Charter Schools

Coffee Break: Charter School Leader Ramona Patrick on Diversity and Busy Summers

Ramona Patrick is the founding principal of Citizens of the World, Silver Lake in Los Angeles. The Citizens of the World Charter Schools (CWCS) network reflect the socioeconomic, racial and cultural...

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Charter Schools

¡Creemos en opciónes escolares! We Believe in School Choice!

Julio Fuentes, president and CEO of Hispanic CREO (Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options), was the keynote speaker last Thursday at Charter Awareness Day in Hartford, Connecticut,...

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Poverty

Look, I'm Not the Enemy But Investing in Education Without Accountability Just Doesn't Work

My recent visit to the Network for Public Education’s annual conference in North Carolina has yielded much fruit. In addition to an extended blog conversation with Peter Greene on the topic of...

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Charter Schools

How Our Philly School Keeps 70 Percent of Our Teachers

You hear a lot about how cities like Philadelphia have a tough time finding and retaining their teachers. This is a very real problem. A study conducted by the National Commission on Teaching and...

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Charter Schools

750 Charter School Parents Head to Statehouse to Fight for Equitable Treatment of Charter Public Schools in Illinois

Charter public school advocates are rallying in Chicago this morning to demonstrate their schools’ achievements and demand more equitable funding....

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