Four new virtual schools will open this school year, bringing the total to 16. Three other applications were rejected.
The Mind Trust, a charter school advocacy group, awarded $2 million in grants for its charter school incubator program, which provides charter agencies with training and resources to help set up their schools.
In Sunday’s broadcast, the television show examines the controversy surrounding the followers of Fethullah Gulen, and their wide network of STEM-focused schools.
Conference hosted by NewSchools Venture Fund and Aspen Institute kicks off with a fiery discussion over the fight for changing education.
Fates of charters schools in Miami and Philadelphia will be decided amid allegations of financial mismanagement by the operators of those schools.
The move by the state board of education comes in the wake of increasing scrutiny of the schools’ financial and academic problems.
Charter schools in Michigan, which are mostly managed for profit, spend more on school administration than traditional public schools.
Charter school network with strong results in California looking to expand to other cities.