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behind closed doors

Indiana
June 10, 2019

Indiana Virtual School wants to deal with charter revocation privately to avoid ‘mudslinging’

Leaders of Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy missed a second chance to submit a response to the accusations from their charter authorizer.

Who benefits?

Tennessee
March 22, 2019

Tennessee’s governor says he wants to help low-income students in failing schools. But his voucher and charter plans cast a much wider net.

Critics say his signature proposals could end up benefiting middle-class families and changing the landscape of school systems that are doing just fine.

Charter shift

Tennessee
Updated March 20, 2019

Tennessee charter school bill advances in two key legislative committees

A proposal to create a new Tennessee charter school commission squeaks out of the House Education Committee.

reboot

Tennessee
March 19, 2019

Charter school bill won’t bypass local school boards after all, says legislative leader

Gov. Bill Lee’s administration is backing off of its proposal to bypass local school boards with a new state charter authorizing commission.

Seizing a moment

Tennessee
March 18, 2019

Here’s why voucher advocates are excited about Tennessee this year

School voucher supporters who have had their hopes dashed for years in Tennessee’s General Assembly are more hopeful than ever.

revoked

Colorado
February 19, 2019

Aurora school board votes to close new charter school, saying it failed students with special needs

Vega charter school leaders said they will appeal to the state the Aurora school board’s decision to close the school.

Politics & Policy

Indiana
April 2, 2018

To slash costs, Indianapolis charter school operator ‘shops’ for new authorizer

“Loosely, we’re estimating the savings to be worth about the cost of a teacher within our network,” Christel House Head of Schools Carey Dahncke told Chalkbeat.

charter closure

Indiana
February 22, 2018

In debt, with too many unlicensed teachers, Indiana College Preparatory School loses charter

The mayor's office revoked the charter after the school’s entire board resigned.

charter wars

New York
April 24, 2017

Fariña won’t budge on decision to eliminate middle school at charter serving kids with disabilities

“They must demonstrate that they are retaining such students and serving them well,” Fariña wrote. “Unfortunately, it is clear from the data that OCS has not done that.”

renewed questions

New York
March 9, 2017

An unusual charter school that serves students with disabilities is under scrutiny from New York City

"We created charters as alternatives to the system, to be more successful than the system, to have better outcomes."

Revoking charters

Tennessee
November 16, 2016

Criticized for how they closed troubled charter schools, Memphis leaders have a new plan

The proposal reflects an effort by Tennessee’s largest charter authorizer to respond to state and local cries for clearer rules to guide its oversight of charter schools.
New York
March 1, 2016

Why New York’s charter movement has stalled — and what it needs to grow

Dirk Tillotson: New York's charter authorizers have new standards. They aren't necessarily higher, but they are designed to reject more schools — which has costs.

money matters

New York
Updated June 30, 2015

SUNY charter chair: We won’t authorize more schools without more funding

The SUNY Charter School Institute is facing a choice between maintaining strict standards and stretching its staff thin, according to the chair of its charter committee.

drop deadline

New York
February 4, 2015

SUNY makes rare move to close a Brooklyn charter school

A Brooklyn charter school started by an ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio could become the first city charter school to be shut down for poor performance in several years.
New York
February 25, 2013

Union charter school gets a harsh review and an uncertain fate

When members of SUNY's Board of Trustees consider whether the nation's first union-run charter school deserves to stay open, they won't have much guidance. That's because in what could be an unprecedented move, reviewers from the SUNY Charter Schools Institute have declined to recommend a fate for the struggling UFT Charter School in East New York. The reviewers did not recommend that the school stay open, or that it be closed — despite saying that academic performance was not up to par, discipline bordered on corporal punishment, high-need students were underserved, and basic mechanisms to keep students safe were not in place. Without the advice, the decision will be left up to a three-member SUNY Charter Schools Committee, which will meet Tuesday morning to consider renewals for 10 charter schools. The UFT Charter School was the lone school not given an endorsement for renewal.
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