Districts & Charter Schools

From school districts to charter schools, we cover public schools and the ways they are governed.

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Florida rolls out welcome mat for Success Academy

The renowned New York charter school operator Success Academy moved a step closer to opening new schools in Florida. READ MORE
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Success Academy eyes Florida expansion as Schools of Hope operator
The celebrated New York City charter school network is considering its first expansion beyond the Big Apple.
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COVID school shutdowns: four years on
Somewhere around four years ago, public school systems around the country began “temporarily” shutting down as a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States had a plan, an allegedly...
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Can this bill help online students take their tests?
For years, Florida’s online schools have grappled with a logistical challenge: Getting their students to the campuses of brick-and-mortar schools, operated by school districts, to take their standardized tests.
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The good news about Florida’s charter school growth
Florida’s charter schools grew by more than 15,000 students this school year. And new research suggests their steady growth might help students in district schools. In recent years, charter schools...
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Opinion: Why NAEP scores should be used with skepticism when ranking states’ charter schools
Harvard University’s Paul Peterson and M. Danish Shakeel wrote a response to a critique of their Charter School Report Card. The authors note that I misinterpreted their study in saying...
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‘They can’t drain our districts; only WE can drain our districts!’
Americans started a Baby Bust in 2008 (on behalf of Gen-Xers-welcome you to the club youngsters!) In addition, the public school system seems determined to do their best imitation of...
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Two ‘double-F’ charter schools spared automatic closure in baseline grading year
Florida released a new batch of A-F grades to schools, but without some of the usual negative consequences. The 2022-23 school year was the first under a new state assessment...
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Paging Special Agent Johnny Utah to investigate Utah mystery
“Point Break” follows the adventures of newly minted FBI Special Agent Johnny Utah as he unravels the mystery of a group of Los Angeles bank robbers known as “the Ex-Presidents.”...
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Florida school district sees charter schools as ally in managing rapid growth
Suzanne Legg had a problem. She had co-founded her county’s first charter school. Classes had barely begun, and already student behavior was causing serious issues. As a first-time charter school...
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‘Game Changers’ in K-12 choice
Perun, the rock star of Australian defense economists doing awesome hour-plus hour PowerPoint presentations on YouTube, recently did two such presentations on “game-changing” weapon systems in the ongoing Ukraine-Russian war....
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