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Teacher Appreciation Day, Field Day, spring concerts, sports competitions and awards ceremonies, plays, debates, school application and testing, testing, testing. Read more »

Paul Public Charter School (PCS) held a panel discussion among African American education experts, parents, teachers, and community members to inform the public of the educational climate as well as to answer questions. The panel was composed of African American individuals from diverse backgrounds with a common goal of improving student education. The variety of […] Read more »

Charter schools are all the rage, but are hardly a fad. The most important takeaway of the past twenty-two plus years now is that doing education differently and better is possible, when we put freedom and accountability at the center of the education process. Read more »

Visiting BASIS DC was my first experience touring a charter school.  Having been a former public school student and an in-class tutor, I inherently evaluated BASIS by comparing its school model to that of a traditional public schools.  Enthusiastic teachers, actively engaged students and personable staff resonated in an environment one can only describe as […] Read more »

This is Part VII in a series dedicated to National Charter Schools Week. People often say that small business owners on Main Street are the backbone of the economy, and provide real sources of inspiration for the rest of us. The same is true of the mom-and-pop charter school operators in American education reform. Armed […] Read more »

CER board member and Charter Schools USA, Inc. President and CEO defends charter schools and school choice on Fox News at the onset of National Charter Schools Week 2014. Read more »

This is Part VI in a series dedicated to National Charter Schools Week. The staff at Charlotte Secondary School(CSS) in North Carolina just seems to get it. They understand that being charter school educators gives them a responsibility to innovate and find the best possible methods of improving student learning and mastery of material. Acting […] Read more »

Americans are fans of fantasy and myth - the resounding success of franchises like Twilight and Harry Potter offer strong evidence to support this claim. But when it comes to our education system, Americans must learn to distinguish fact from fiction. Read more »

Three days. 700 schools. A whole lot of head-to-head battles between custom-made robots. Read more »

This is Part IV in a series dedicated to National Charter Schools Week “Taking my daughter to ‪@ECOTSchool . This school is the best ‪#homeschool. Cool how we met some awesome people there.” “The ‪#ecot ‪#masqueradeball ‪#prom is underway! @ Hilton Columbus Polaris” “Check out the new ‪#ECOTtv promo for the upcoming 2014 ‪#scienceexpo here: […] Read more »