network of college-preparatory charter schools in the United States
Kate Hardiman writes for the Washington Examiner about a disturbing trend affecting public charter schools across the country. For the past four years, the annual rate of charter school growth…
Bob Bowden of Choice Media explains for Barron’s readers why a new book, Education and the Commercial Mindset, misses the mark in its attack on charter schools. In this copiously…
Mathematica Policy Research just published a study of KIPP charter schools, “KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes.” Researchers found that students enrolled in KIPP middle schools had…
Opponents of charter schools often argue that charter public schools owe their success to parents who are motivated enough to exercise a school choice option. According to this account, charter…
Study 1. Researchers at the University of Arkansas found that vouchers increase high school graduation rates. University of Arkansas researcher Patrick Wolf led a team of evaluators who found that…
A discussion about achievement gaps in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools is in full swing at the Charlotte Observer website. Most CMSers appear to agree that teacher quality is key. I concur. But…
The Wall Street Journal has the awful details here. The Ujima Village Academy is one of the best public schools in Baltimore and all of Maryland. Students at the charter…
Before Hurricane Katrina, only 2 percent of New Orleans public school students attended public charter schools. Today, more than half of the kids — 53 percent — are educated in…
Increasingly, colleges and universities are getting into the charter school business. Washington University is working with KIPP to establish five new charter schools in St. Louis. As mentioned in the…
Read about the outstanding KIPP Charlotte charter school and then get mad at the NC public school mafia, which seeks to limit and defund charters.
The KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) Charter School in Anne Arundel County is closing due to an inability in finding enough room to house the school. KIPP schools are known…
The KIPP program began in 1994 when two Teach For America teachers decided lower income students could perform at high academic levels, if they did not have to deal with…