Juan Gonzalez Misunderstands Charter School Funding
That’s the most charitable way to read the Daily News columnist’s coverage of Success Charter Network’s request for a fee increase, which falsely implies that it would result in more public dollars flowing to the Harlem-based charter schools. Let’s be clear: neither the SUNY Charter Schools Institute, nor any other charter authorizer, determines how many […]
Co-location Collaboration Yields Playground
Mary Ann Giordano from the Times put it best. And who says co-located schools can’t get along?” Ms. Giordano is referring to a district-charter co-location collaboration that took place on Saturday in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Three co-located schools, Beford-Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School, La Cima Elementary Charter School and Middle School 267, joined together […]
Data Transparency: “State of the Sector” Report and New Online Dashboards
What choices are charter schools providing? What are their results? Who are their students? And what is the outlook for charter schools’ future? The Charter Center is pleased to release a new report on “The State of the NYC Charter School Sector,” which provides a data-rich look at these critical questions. Today also marks the […]
Regents Decide to Close Pinnacle Charter School in Buffalo
Bill Phillips of NYCSA has written an excellent analysis of the Board of Regents’ decision yesterday to decline renewal of Pinnacle Charter School in Buffalo, a low-performing school in which only one in five students was at standards—after eight years of operation. I urge reading it in full. My only additions are to remind everyone […]
Video from the Education Town Hall at Bronx Prep
Check out the new video from the March 16 Education Town Hall that aired on KISS FM’s Open Line radio show with Bob Slade, Bob Pickett and James Mtume. The Town Hall was hosted by the New York City Charter School Center, KISS FM and Bronx Preparatory Charter School.
Open Line Live Town Hall
This weekend the Charter Center, KISS FM and Bronx Preparatory Charter School hosted an Education Town Hall that aired on KISS FM’s Open Line radio show with Bob Slade, Bob Pickett and James Mtume. Panelists, including Valerie Babb, Recy Dunn, James Merriman, Charlene Reid, Drema Brown, Andrea Zayas and Samantha Tweedy addressed hot-button issues and […]
Believe Northside Charter High School Gets a Second Chance
Whenever a charter school authorizer starts the process of revoking a school’s charter, the reactions are predictable. Though the revocation is not final, edu-journalists are fascinated. Teachers and families are justifiably concerned. Authorizers are tight-lipped. Charter advocates like us try to calmly remind everyone that, in the charter school sector, this is what accountability looks […]
Hopelessly Muddled – Needlessly Public: Teacher Evaluations Need to be Treated with Caution
Today, teacher data reports for some 32 charter schools will be released to the public, following release of TDRs for district teachers as part of the Teacher Data Initiative. There are two distinct issues worth commenting on: the particularities of the charter school data and the errors therein, and the general issue of public release […]
Guest Blog: Opening Up About Charter School Data
Since November 2011, I and 13 of my charter leader colleagues have been involved in a Data Transparency Project initiated by the New York City Charter School Center. This Advisory Committee, which I sit on, was open to charter leaders across New York City. The group of people that ultimately participated was as diverse as […]
Bronx Charter School for Excellence Nominated for Prestigious National Honor
Recently, and unfortunately, much of the media surrounding charter schools has focused on school closures. So much so that one can forget how many amazing charter schools New York City is fortunate to have. This month, New York’s State Education Department reminded us of this fact by nominating the Bronx Charter School for Excellence for […]
