Thursday, December 15, 2011, was a monumental day for the N.C. Alliance for Public Charter Schools, as our board of directors grew in size and stature and instituted a number of exciting and important decisions regarding the future of our organization. We believe these steps will take us in a new, positive direction, make our organization a more effective voice for public charter schools, and [...]
Archive | December, 2011
Eleven “fast track” charters advance today. John Betterton Chair.
The NC Public Charter School Advisory Council met yesterday and today to decide which new charter applicants will get to come back before them Jan. 10-11 for an interview and possible charter contract for the 2012 school year.
Also, the members elected John Betterton Chair and Timothy Markley as Vice Chair, to serve two year terms leading the Council.
Of the 27 applications received November 10, eleven were selected [...]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS (by the Office of Charter Schools)
Regular charter application training will be held January 6, 2012 from 10:00 – 12:00, in room 224 North & South at DPI.
Registration Form
(doc, 28k)
27 New Charter Applications
These are the applicants for the 2012 openings. Wednesday, the Council will pick the initial winners for January interviews. Excel Version. PDF Version.
2 million public charter schoolers!
MIAMI — The number of students attending charter schools has soared to more than 2 million as states pass laws lifting caps and encouraging their expansion, according to figures released Wednesday.
The growth represents the largest increase in enrollment over a single year since charter schools were founded nearly two decades ago. In all, more than 500 new charter schools were opened in the 2011-12 school [...]
Charter Incubation as a Strategy for Improving the Charter School Sector
This Fordham brief explores the charter incubator idea…
Key Recommendations:
1. Eliminate charter caps, but set a high bar for new charter approvals
2. Encourage closure or restructuring of low-performing schools, including
through charter authorizer accountability
3. Fund charter schools equitably for operations and facilities, and
allocate public funding to incubation
4. Provide charter schools substantial operational autonomy in areas such as
staffing, curriculum, budgets, and scheduling
5. Streamline approval and [...]
CPS Signs Gates Foundation Charter Deal
Chicago is one of 14 cities that will be eligible for millions of dollars in competitive grant funding announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The grants totaling $40 million are expected to be awarded to 10 school districts that have signed foundation-backed agreements to promote cooperation between charter schools and traditional public schools. Chicago signed its agreement, known as [...]
Kennedy Charter basketball
Kennedy Charter School has been playing basketball for a few years now, but the team has never been a factor or anywhere close to one of the state’s elite teams .
That’s changed now.
The Eagles are 4-0 and winning by an average of 53 points per game. At least four of them will play Division I college basketball at a high level, and Monday, Kennedy Charter [...]
Mathematica Policy Research and the University of Washington’s Center for Reinventing Public Education report
The study, titled “Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts,” was produced by Mathematica Policy Research and the University of Washington’s Center for Reinventing Public Education. An interim report was published in November 2010, and new results were released in October. Read more here…
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