Charter schools
New and existing charter schools will go before authorizers to ask for new campuses in the city, mergers, and more. Some schools won’t open until the fall, but public meetings are getting underway.
Charter schools scored key funding wins in a legislative session that advocates say was monumental for charters. But traditional public schools are projected to lose millions.
The question of whether charter schools perform better academically than traditional IPS schools is a key focus of debates about funding and educational success.
Indiana school districts would share property taxes with charter schools and only hold referendums during general elections under newest property tax plan.
This year, charter schools are serving about 15% of public school students in Colorado.
The proposal would establish an advisory group to draw up recommendations for sharing education resources. IPS has expressed concerns about the idea, but pro-charter school groups have backed it.
The fight centered on a state law requiring New York City to provide charter schools space or reimburse them for the cost of rent.
A petition from the union says ‘the unchecked expansion of charter schools’ is a big threat to IPS. But some want the district and charters to cooperate.
The Girls Athletic Leadership School’s middle school, which has nearly four times as many students as its high school, will stay open.
As a bill requiring IPS to share property tax revenue advances, members of the public debated the extent to which different types of schools should receive funding.
Brian Metcalf admitted to helping submit fraudulent invoices for services such as small-group instruction that did not take place, in exchange for payments towards personal loans, a casino, and other expenses.
Two groups want to open the first charter schools for at-risk students under a new state law.
Indiana lawmakers are advancing a bill to force the district to share property tax revenue with charter schools. While charter advocates support the change, IPS worries about creating an unsustainable system.
The planning foreshadows changes ahead for the state’s most ambitious and aggressive school turnaround model
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A state panel, whose members are appointed by Gov. Bill Lee, would have more authority over charter growth.
Senate Bill 518 would force Indianapolis Public Schools to close 20 schools and lay off hundreds of employees, Superintendent Aleesia Johnson tells lawmakers.
Acting Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer issued decisions to 14 charter schools, including two in Newark, requesting renewals to their charter agreements, amendments, or grade-level expansions.
The IPS school board took a stand against legislation that could threaten the district’s future, and called on the public to share their concerns about the legislation with lawmakers. Some members also spoke against the growth of charter schools.
The case has the potential to change long-held understandings of the line between church and state and what it means to be a public school.