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A recent article on the Education Week website surveys charter school network expansion plans. "Prominent Charter Networks Eye Fresh Territory", Sean Cavanagh, Education Week, July 5, 2012. Aspire Public Schools: based in California; expanding to Tennessee BASIS...
After rejection by the local school board, Great Hearts recently announced that it plans to appeal to the state. Assuming its appeal succeed, it would open its first charter school in Nashville in 2014. "Great Hearts takes fight to open charter schools to state", Nate...
Last week, the Texas Charter Schools Association filed a petition challenging the Texas school finance system. Several of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit are San Antonio residents: Abby Baerga attends the New Frontiers Charter School in San Antonio. Her father,...
Another contender for the position of Texas Education Commissioner: Michael Williams, former chair of the Railroad Commission. Quorum Report: Michael Williams 'viable contender' for Education Commissioner, Allison Sandza, YNN: Your News Now, July 3, 2012.
KIPP schools grabbed the #5, #6, and #7 spots on a list of the top ten charter schools in California. USC releases top 10 California charter schools list, Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC, June 19, 2012.
In June, the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in support of "parent trigger" laws, which allow parents to band together and force change--including, in some instances, conversion of their local traditional public schools into charter schools. Mayors back...
Republican blogger Sonja Harris is calling on her readers to contact Governor Rick Perry to show support for Charlie Garza as the new Texas Education Commissioner. SBOE Member Charlie Garza Needs Our Help!, Sonja Harris, Texas GOP Vote blog, June 26, 2012. Carlos...
Houston's YES Prep Public Schools won the first-ever Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools last week. According to an editorial in the Houston Chronicle, The Broad (rhymes with "road") judges cited YES' stellar record. They noted that the chain's 10 middle and high...
The Arizona-based charter school organization Great Hearts Academies is taking steps to expand into Indiana, Tennessee, and Texas. In Nashville, it's facing opposition: The school board recently denied Great Hearts' application to operate charter schools in Nashville....
Critics claim that charter schools are successful only because they cherry-pick students, because they have smaller class sizes, or because motivated parents apply for charter lotteries and non-motivated parents do not. And even if charters are successful, they argue,...
My kids and I went grocery shopping at H-E-B last week, as usual. While we were there, I also saw evidence of the grocery chain's efforts to improve children's literacy. H-E-B's Read 3 program uses the store's marketing power to spread the message to parents...
Healthy local schools are important for the life of historic neighborhoods, but that interest needs to be balanced against the goals of preserving significant buildings and keeping them in residential use. The San Antonio Historic and Design Review Commission recently...