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Yalonda Gill Masundire is a community activist and grandmother who lives in southeast Seattle. She supports public charter schools because she wants all students to have access to an excellent public education. Yalonda believes the flexibility that public charters...
Today kicks off the National Charter Schools Conference, Delivering on the Dream, in Washington, D.C., and for the first time ever, a contingent of Washington state public charter schools supporters are attending. The group of a dozen includes parents, grandparents,...
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 the impact of...
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 p.m. EST, 1:30 p.m....
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 applicants....
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 process for the start-up...
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 Charter Schools,...
BY MARTA REYES-NEWBERRY Working with teachers, school districts, local leaders, parents, and state officials, we can build a public education system that works best for Washington’s students. It is that time of year. The mad dash to the school-year finish line:...
BY DAVID BLEY This post originally ran on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Impatient Optimists blog Collaboration. It is a concept we instill in our children as early as possible, from sharing toys with siblings to being a team player at school. It is what...