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
The State University of New York Charter School Institute (SUNY) and New York State Department (SED) have accepted 48 Letters of Intent to start charter
Over Christmas break, the NAACP quietly released a resolution on charter schools. Among the expected anti-charter rhetoric are sprinkled some things of interest. First, in
Today, Justice Feinman of NYS Supreme Court ruled against a group of charter opponents who had sought a preliminary injunction against the NYC Department of
Not much has changed in co-location or availability of real estate for public schools in more than 110 years. Our friend Nelson Smith recently perused
Amber Charter School is launching a column on education and parenting in El Diario La Prensa (see story in the paper today concerning the new
When the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) released its “struggling schools” list last week, it included six charter schools alongside over 40
As many NYC public schools adapt to life in full or overcrowded school buildings, charter school co-locations have been targeted for blame. To get beyond
Today, the NYC Department of Education released its 2010-11 progress reports for high schools. (See our breakdown of the K-8 progress reports.) The reports assign
The NYC Department of Education’s Learning Environment Surveys are a rich source of data about New Yorkers’ experiences in their public schools. Upwards of 450,000
