A new study of charter schools in Massachusetts has identified strikingly positive academic results. The paper, released last week through the National Bureau of Economic Research, finds that charter ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. After listening to nearly two hours of public comment in a statehouse hearing room, GOP Sen. Chris Garten’s support for more funding for ...

A study of charter schools in Massachusetts shows charter students in the state are significantly more likely to enroll in a four-year college and earn a degree compared with their noncharter peers, ...

New York City charter-school students blew away their competition at regular public schools on state reading- and math-proficiency exams for grades 3-8. zetaschools/Instagram ...

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When Alaska’s charter schools topped the nation in an analysis of student test scores, even the Harvard researchers who authored the study were stunned. Paul Peterson, director of Harvard’s education ...

It is at risk for losing its charter and closing. The shutdown would come a little over three years after the Erie School Board renewed its charter with a plan designed to improve the school's ...

Minnesota is the birthplace of the charter school movement, with the first schools opening in 1992. Now, about 76,000 students are enrolled in 180 charter schools in the state. Because they are ...

A wealth of data about charter schools nationwide are concerning. Charter schools have made national headlines for scandals, lower test scores, and a host of other strange activities that make a ...