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by Michael Regnier Why the ELL Gap? New Research Points to a Cause In Why the Gap? English Language Learners and New York City Charter

New York State entered the 2013-14 school year—the second year of the Common Core era—with a pointed awareness of the challenges revealed by the 2012-13

The New York City Independent Budget Office now has egg on its face after its shocking finding – 80% attrition among charter school kindergarteners in

Back in 2008, when Senator Obama was running against Senator McCain, something unusual happened in the final minutes of their third and very contentious, partisan

A new report from the NYC Independent Budget Office found that student attrition rates in charter schools are lower across nearly every student subgroup —

The NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE) released its 2012-13 Progress Reports for all public and charter schools*. Charter schools continue to earn a higher

James Merriman How can we improve school choice in New York City? The Education Funders Research Initiative asked a range of experts, and Charter Center

Michael Regnier The debate about charter school funding was split wide open last week when a new study found that charter schools receive much less

The New York City Council Education Committee held a hearing October 2, to consider three important resolutions, Res. 1263-2012, Res. 1395-2012 and Res. 1906-2012, regarding

Michael Regnier A rigorous new study of charter elementary schools has a startling implication: mainstream general education classrooms at NYC charter schools contain many students