Some Maine residents and lawmakers are worried about the implications of Pearson’s involvement, through Connections Education LLC, in the state’s first virtual charter school.
Educators, entrepreneurs, parents and teachers are invited to share ideas about how to create a New Orleans school with “more engaging, personalized experiences for students.”
Grants awarded through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are designed to help charters and traditional districts work through issues that have traditionally sparked friction between the two sectors.
The number of for-profit operators of charter schools continues to grow, though they are far outnumbered by nonprofit managers, a report finds.
Charters schools that received grants and loans through an organization called the Charter School Growth Fund produced strong learning gains, a nationwide study found.
The state doesn’t allow charter schools, but new law will give district-run schools greater autonomy.
Next Generation Learning Challenges awards $5.4 million to 13 higher ed and grades 6-12 blended learning models from around the country.
The school fired four of its top management officials earlier this week.
Voters will decide whether to expand a math-tutoring program currently used in low-performing schools through a Harvard-affiliated turnaround initiative.
Pa. charter schools end contracts with operators and Indiana and Missouri school districts look to retain per-student funding.