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'No excuses' no more? Charter schools rethink discipline after focus on tough...

PHOTO: Stephanie SnyderA fourth-grade student does test-prep in his English class at Brownsville Ascend Lower Charter School in Brooklyn. A few years ago, if a student arrived at an Ascend elementary...

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First Person: 'I was the kid who didn't speak English'

I am a Latina. I am proud of that identity. But that identity wasn’t affirmed by anyone outside my family until I was in college. I teach because I want to change that for kids. My mom is Mexican, my...

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Hundreds of education leaders from charter schools, nonprofits denounce...

Leaders of several hundred education nonprofits, charter school networks, and other education groups have signed onto an open letter expressing “unequivocal disagreement” with the travel ban President...

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Achievement First is betting on a new model to help more of its students...

Charter school operators across the country have been grappling with a vexing problem: graduating large numbers of students who go on to college, yet flounder when they get there and never earn a...

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Who's helping and who's hurting? New national study looks at how charter...

Some charter school networks are significantly improving student achievement, but others are harming student learning. That’s the conclusion of the latest study from CREDO, a Stanford-based research...

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A new study reveals which NYC charter school networks are outperforming their...

All charter schools are not created equal. That’s according to a new study published by Stanford University research group CREDO, which shows some New York City charter school networks are better than...

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Foes to friends? Charter school leaders send letter saying 'thank you' to de...

It’s no secret that New York City’s charter sector and Mayor Bill de Blasio have not always seen eye to eye. But recently, as part of a deal to extend mayoral control, de Blasio gave the charter sector...

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‘I think that’s blood money’: Arne Duncan pushed charters to reject funds...

For left-of-center education reformers, the proposed Trump budget amounted to a devil’s bargain. They could support the budget plan, which would give hundreds of millions of dollars to charter schools....

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17 minutes across 5 boroughs: How New York City students protested gun...

The conditions were ripe for widespread participation by New York City students in the national school walkout to protest gun violence: the biggest enrollment of any district in the country, support...

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Two former staff members at Families for Excellent Schools planning a new...

Two former top staffers at the recently shuttered Families for Excellent Schools are working to start a new pro-charter advocacy group, according to multiple sources with knowledge of their plans....

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