charter schools
Charter and Public School Students Perform Similarly on Tests, Report Finds
The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Educational Statistics released a report that noted "no measurable differences" in the students' average reading and mathematics scores.
Pennsylvania House Speaker Mike Turzai Declares Public Schools a 'Monopoly'
Turzai says public school teachers '"don't really care about kids."
DeVos Doesn't Know How Michigan Schools Are Performing
In 60 Minutes interview DeVos appeared not to know how policies she pushed impacted school performance.
Single-Sex Schooling May Harm a Child's Development
Separating boys and girls in school reinforces cultural stereotypes and encourages both to shy away from fields customarily associated with the opposite gender.
Cyber Charter Schools Fail Their Core Goal: Education
Online charters routinely lag behind their brick-and-mortar counterparts, research shows.
Teacher Pension Profits Help Fund Charter School Fight
Eight financial firms with contracts to manage state pension assets have bypassed anti-corruption rules to help fund groups backing a ballot question that would expand charter schools.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs Announces New Harlem Charter School
The rapper, producer, entrepreneur and clothing designer has partnered with Capital Preparatory Schools to open the school.
What Makes a School Successful?
A study of New York charter schools and a controversial experiment in Houston tested competing hypotheses.