By Kalyn Belsha | 3 hours ago Photo by José Alejandro Córcoles The Field School, a small private Christian school currently housed at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, bought Key Elementary on the West Side for $125,000 as their new location. The district sold the shuttered school to them for $50,000 less than they originally bid since…
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States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education
By The Associated Press April 24, 2018 6:52 am (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina (THE CONVERSATION) Teacher strikes are generating a healthy focus on how far public education funding has fallen over the past decade. The full explanation, however,…
School Board clears new charter school in Martin County, but not without some hesitancy
Andrew Atterbury, Andrew.Atterbury@TCPalm.comPublished 4:29 p.m. ET April 18, 2018 Florida Voices is a project of the USA TODAY Network-Florida that spotlights the 2018 election issues that matter to Floridians. LEAH VOSS/TCPALMLeah Voss and Leah Voss and Leah Voss and Leah Voss, Treasure Coast MARTIN COUNTY — A new “classical” charter school is set to open next…
Study shows charter school performance debunking DeVos critics
BY BEN DEGROW, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/18/18 10:15 AM EDT 263 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL There is good news about the progress of the nation’s schools, though the secretary of education’s opponents may not want to see it. The results deliver a deep blow to their…
A closer look at the future of charter schools in Kentucky
By Emilie Arroyo | Posted: Wed 5:06 PM, Apr 18, 2018 | LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – The Kentucky Board of Education is taking a new direction after the resignation of education commissioner Dr. Stephen Pruitt and Gov. Matt Bevin’s appointments of new board members this week. Many expect that direction to be a stronger push for charter schools, but Kentucky’s…
Letting state approve ‘new kinds’ of public schools would enhance education for the next generation
In 2011, Children wait to shake hands with Florida Gov. Rick Scott during his visit to the Florida International Academy charter school in Opa-locka. Joe Raedle Getty Images April 18, 2018 06:45 PM The Florida Constitution Revision Commission had a profound responsibility: We had to legislate for the next generation. We worked to adapt a document drafted…
CMS fact check: Superintendent said 50 percent of charter schools fail. Was he right?
Charlotte’s StudentFirst Academy charter school closed in 2014, the first of three Charlotte charters that collapsed within their first year after the state lifted its 100-school cap. Davie Hinshaw Observer file photo BY ANN DOSS HELMS April 18, 2018 01:42 PM Updated April 18, 2018 01:42 PM At a meeting to discuss whether Matthews town officials should pursue…
Big spending turns California’s race for governor into a proxy war between teachers unions, charter school backers
Netflix co-founder and Chief Executive Reed Hastings last week donated $7 million to bolster the financially struggling gubernatorial bid of former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. (Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg) By GEORGE SKELTON APR 19, 2018 | 12:05 AM | SACRAMENTO For most of us, the notion of someone spending $7 million to help another person run for governor…
Milwaukee parents, educators, students protest against public school takeover
Bridget Shanahan MILWAUKEE — Before classes began at schools all throughout the Milwaukee Public Schools district, hundreds gathered to walk in and make their voices heard. Teachers, parents, community and union members joined forces against a public school takeover: eventually under performing schools within MPS will be run by private entities. “I think the question…
3 HUNTSVILLE SCHOOLS ‘FAILING’ ACCORDING TO THE ALABAMA ACCOUNTABILITY ACT
Posted: Jan. 24, 2018 6:44 PM Updated: Jan. 24, 2018 10:39 PM Posted By: Travis Leder Three Huntsville schools are listed as “failing” in the 2018 Alabama Accountability Act list. The Alabama Accountability Act deems schools in the lowest six percent as “failing” based on reading and math scores. The only three Tennessee Valley schools…
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