Union-Run Schools Dump Struggling Kids on Charters
Teachers union leaders hoping to discount the runaway academic success of charter schools have claimed charters lure the best-performing kids, leaving traditional, union-run public schools...
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Time To Fight The Destructive Rhetoric?
With the increasing popularity of charter schools in California, special-interest opposition to them has grown, primarily among those most threatened by their success: the state’s...
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CMO’s Demonstrate Improved Educational Outcomes
Once again Charter Management Organizations (CMO’s) have been targeted for attack by anti-school choice groups as “trying to privatize public education”. A study of best...
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Charter Schools Address Unique Needs of Students
There’s been a one-sided conversation that lawmakers know what’s in the best interest for a unique group of learners. Assemblyman Kevin McCarty and the California...
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Online Parents Fight To Defend Schools
California Parents for Public Virtual Education is a volunteer organization made up of parents with students in public virtual and blended learning charter schools who...
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McCarty Bill Would Short-Circuit Student Choice
Isn’t America supposed to be a free-market country, where profits are welcomed? Profit simply means a company is pleasing its customers. Yet when it comes...
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Fate of Nevada Connections Academy Still Up in the Air
Nevada Connections Academy is an innovative online public charter school which serves 3,000 students throughout the state. Most of these students have unique learning challenges...
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Why Rural Communities Need Online School Options
Over the last couple of weeks there have been multiple articles written about rural communities and school choice. From the Austin American-Statesman to U.S. News...
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Online Education in Jeopardy with SB 806
Sacramento special interests are at it again — playing politics with our students. Legislation authored by Senator Steve Glazer undermines a parent’s right to choose...
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A Self-Appointed Czar for Nevada’s Public Charter Schools?
Public charter schools are thriving here in Nevada. While traditional neighborhood schools may work for most, some children need another option. For those who do, Nevada parents should...
