Charters & Choice
The school serves as an alternative option for students who’ve experienced behavioral, academic, or other challenges at their previous high schools.
The ruling from the state court of appeals ends a lengthy lawsuit over the so-called $1 law.
Leaders hope the merger of Ace Prep and Circle City Prep will bring financial stability to a small school with a strong academic track record.
The Texas governor tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.
Backers of a proposed religious charter school argue that charter schools are more private than public. The Supreme Court case could upend the charter sector, with implications for funding, autonomy and more.
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.
Half of the displaced students will go to higher-performing schools, and a significant number are moving from district-run schools to charter schools.
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 fight centered on a state law requiring New York City to provide charter schools space or reimburse them for the cost of rent.
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
A state panel, whose members are appointed by Gov. Bill Lee, would have more authority over charter growth.
School funding, school choice, special education, and civil rights could all be affected by the Trump administration's approach to education policy.
The idea has divided the charter movement. Now the U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the case.
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.