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Districts split over charter schools
Washington voters have decided they want to add charter schools to the education mix in the state, and the three largest districts are taking different approaches to the question: What should charter schools mean to our community? Seattle has...
Five important results from new charter school study for Washington state
On Monday, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University released The National Charter School Study 2013. It is an update and expansion of CREDO’s 2009 Multiple Choice, the first study to take a comprehensive look at...
Federal Grant Opportunity for Washington Public Charter School Developers
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement recently announced that public charter school developers located in Washington state are eligible to apply for federal start-up funds. The deadline to apply is July 12 at 4:30...
Gig Harbor mom determined to open one of Washington’s first charter schools
Privately run, publicly funded schools will begin opening in our state in the fall of 2014, after Washington voters gave their approval to a charter school initiative last year. Only eight will be authorized in the first year, but Calyn Holdaway is...
Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort
Today, the Washington State Charter Schools Association announced the members of the inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort. These committed, trailblazing school leaders were chosen from a national search that resulted in over two-dozen...
Federal Charter School Grant Webinars
The Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement has announced their 2013 grant process for planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools. There will be two webinars explaining the application...
Summary of charter school research finds positive academic results for charter school students
There are mainly positive results for students who attend public charter schools compared with traditional public schools, a summary of current research on public charter schools concludes. The report, published by the National Alliance for Public...
Spady continues his pursuit of charter-school success
No name is more synonymous with charter school fights in Washington the past two decades than Spady. Ever since Jim and Fawn Spady moved their son out of a Seattle public school and into a private one in 1994, they've been on the front lines of a...
AP article on Washington State Charter Schools Association
With the opening of Washington's first charter school likely 15 months away, more dollars from Seattle's tech economy are flowing toward groups that want to change the way the state thinks about public schools. In November, Washington became the...