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Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

I don’t know about you, but I can’t just sit by and watch. It’s time for action. The latest battleground in the national war on charter schools is California, where elected officials have decided...

Charter Schools

When It Comes to Charter Schools, Bernie Sanders Needs to Learn From Black Families

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he would use his power and platform to temporarily ban Black families from exercising the right to make choices about their children’s education. It would...

School Choice

Education Post Network of Advocates Challenges Bernie Sanders’ Call for Moratorium on Charter School Expansion

Chicago, IL - Despite once confirming support for the public charter schools that serve thousands of students of color, 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announced today that he plans to...

California

I Came to the U.S. at 13 and Now I'm Headed to UC Santa Barbara to Become a Mechanical Engineer

I was anxious, nervous and excited. At the age of 13, I was finally going to meet my mother. I was born in Los Angeles, but raised in Mexico by my grandparents. When I moved to live with my mother in...

Charter Schools

I'm Headed to Stanford on a Full-Tuition Scholarship and I Have My Public Charter School to Thank for That

“Education is the way out of poverty and into a better life.” For years, my family harped on this mantra in hopes of providing me opportunities they didn’t have themselves. For a while, I couldn’t...

Charter Schools

4 Ways Charter Schools Are Public Schools and Always Have Been

National Charter Schools Week is a great time of year to correct the record on what is a public school. A public education doesn’t have to be one-size-fits-all: that’s where public charter schools...

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Here’s One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Defend the Rights of Black Families in California

When It Comes to Charter Schools, Bernie Sanders Needs to Learn From Black Families

Education Post Network of Advocates Challenges Bernie Sanders’ Call for Moratorium on Charter School Expansion

I Came to the U.S. at 13 and Now I'm Headed to UC Santa Barbara to Become a Mechanical Engineer

I'm Headed to Stanford on a Full-Tuition Scholarship and I Have My Public Charter School to Thank for That

4 Ways Charter Schools Are Public Schools and Always Have Been

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