National Center for Charter School Accountability
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The National Center for Charter School Accountability provides research and recommendations for increasing the transparency and accountability for charter schools.
"Part I: Decline, the first installment of a three-part report, Charter School Reckoning, presents sobering findings on the stagnation, retrenchment, and accelerating closures plaguing the charter school sector as it enters its fourth decade..." - @nccsa.bsky.social ~ @network4pubed.bsky.social
Network for Public Education@network4pubed.bsky.social · 6mo agoThere is no Charter School “million-student waitlist.” There are empty classrooms, declining enrollment, and schools closing mid-year. #CharterMythBusted Stop the waste. Start the reckoning. Read our new report #CharterSchoolReckoning to learn more networkforpubliceduc...
Bad news for families, but a timely reminder that 55% of charter schools fail within 20 years. #COpol #COleg @nccsa.bsky.social
Frederick’s Carbon Valley Academy charter school will close at end of school year
Carbon Valley Academy, a small K-8 charter school in Frederick, is closing at the end of the school year because of low enrollment, school officials announced.
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school board votes to close a corrupt, ineffective charter school. But the county board overrules! In the charter world, not stealing taxpayer dollars is only a suggestion. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @wearecta.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @nccsa.bsky.social www.abc10.com/article/news...
Sacramento County education board overturns Highlands Charter School revocation
A Sacramento county board overturned Twin Rivers Unified School District’s revocation of Highlands and CICA over fiscal mismanagement and compliance failures.
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McKee built his career as a charter supporter. Now he sees what their expansion is doing to RI public schools. Thanks for your courage, governor, & kudos to the RI legislature. @rweingarten.bsky.social @neapresident.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social
Check out NPE’s #SchoolVoucherScams - learn how vouchers bilk taxpayers, fail children, & funnel funding away from our public schools networkforpubliceduc... - we will update monthly w/ the latest #SchoolVoucherScam$ - share our hashtag & stories
Voucher School Scam$ - Network For Public Education
#SchoolVoucherScam$ is now an interactive research tool. Scandals can be sorted by category/state and searched with keywords.
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Read the audit and 990. They were MILLIONS in the hole.
CarolCorbettBurris@carolburris.bsky.social · 7mo agoSame story, different day. Charter knows it's going under but doesn't tell parents till it closes, leaving them stranded. Lots of vested financial interests in pretending it's ok. Terrible. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social @nepc.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social
To understand why, read @nccsa.bsky.social's new report. networkforpubliceducation.org/part-ii-char... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @mcolorado.bsky.social @nepc.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social
Network for Public Education@network4pubed.bsky.social · 8mo ago@carolburris.bsky.social This is a perfect example of a charter authorizer that was created to save an SC Christian college. College goes belly up and takes the authorizer w/ it, leaving schools adrift. www.postandcourier.com/education-la... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @postandcourier.bsky.social
Wow. After just weeks of opening, this North Carolina charter let parents down. Never shd have been approved by NC charter board w/ all its for-profit schemes & low enrollment. @dianeravitch.bsky.social @network4pubed.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @ncgovernor.bsky.social
The new federal K-12 voucher system will become a "Trump-branded straitjacket and a devil’s bargain." Governors should say NO to this "Trojan horse". @npeaction.bsky.social @carolburris.bsky.social coloradosun.com/2025/12/16/opinion-colorado-school-voucher-polis-decision/
Opinion: Take note, Gov. Polis: Coloradans have repeatedly said no to school vouchers
New federal program is a devil’s bargain and must not override the will of our people.
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NPE Releases a New Report on Charter Schools and Their Lack of Accountability
I was present in the very beginnings of the charter school movement. I advocated on their behalf. I and many others said that charter schools would be better than public schools because they would …
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@carolburris.bsky.social This is a perfect example of a charter authorizer that was created to save an SC Christian college. College goes belly up and takes the authorizer w/ it, leaving schools adrift. www.postandcourier.com/education-la... @dianeravitch.bsky.social @postandcourier.bsky.social
Most schools under closing SC charter sponsor are transferring, but some have unclear futures
Limestone University’s May closure left the charter schools it sponsored homeless. This week, all 17 decided what to do next. At least two will shut down.
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@carolburris.bsky.social Asks "If charter churn and the replacement of failing schools with better schools is the secret sauce of success, then why haven’t test scores continued to rise even as churn has increased?" @dianeravitch.bsky.social progressive.org/public-schoo...
The ‘Miracle’ of New Orleans School Reform Since Katrina Is Not What It Seems
The city’s all-charter school experiment is a cautionary tale about what happens when democracy is stripped from public education.
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New @nccsa.bsky.social report points to “a culture of alienation and control” as part of a critique of a policy brief that found academic gains for New Orleans students as a result of charter conversions. bit.ly/48t4pDL
New Report Questions the Claimed Success of New Orleans’ Charter School Reform
A new report points to “a culture of alienation and control” as part of a critique of a policy brief that found academic gains for New Orleans students as a result of charter conversions.
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Corruption & Mismanagement in charter schools has cost taxpayers nearly one billion $. Read more in NCCSA new report Part II of the Charter School Reckoning networkforpubliceduc... @whitehouse.senate.gov @repbonamici.bsky.social @frankel.house.gov @sanders.senate.gov
Making the Grade 2025: In an Uncertain Federal Policy Landscape, States Must Prioritize Fair School Funding edlawcenter.org/making-the-g...
Making the Grade 2025: In an Uncertain Federal Policy Landscape, States Must Prioritize Fair School Funding - Education Law Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWARK, N.J. – Today, Education Law Center released, Making the Grade: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?, the latest...
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
New Report by National Center for Charter School Accountability - Support for charter schools has dropped dramatically, from 7 in 10 Americans in 2013 to 46% today. Part II of the Charter School Reckoning report explains why. networkforpubliceduc...
@iliasnyc.bsky.social Thank you for including me in your pack!
Authorizer, Erskine, took charter leaders on a junket to London and Stockholm. Also bought thousands of dollars of fireworks! In charter world lots of fingers in pots. Read our report networkforpubliceducation.org/part-ii-char... @mcolorado.bsky.social @nepc.bsky.social @postandcourier.bsky.social
A recent essay proposes using “responsible innovation” to design the AI-enabled edtech of the future. bit.ly/4iLtheX
What Is Responsible Innovation and How Might It Improve AI-Enabled Edtech?
A recent essay proposes using “responsible innovation” to design the AI-enabled edtech of the future.
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@carolburris.bsky.social Asks "If charter churn and the replacement of failing schools with better schools is the secret sauce of success, then why haven’t test scores continued to rise even as churn has increased?" @dianeravitch.bsky.social progressive.org/public-schoo...
The ‘Miracle’ of New Orleans School Reform Since Katrina Is Not What It Seems
The city’s all-charter school experiment is a cautionary tale about what happens when democracy is stripped from public education.
progressive.org
Join NPE Exec. Dir @carolburris.bsky.social in conversation w/ NPE Pres. @dianeravitch.bsky.social - 11/10 at 3:30 EST - Diane will be discussing her memoir: An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else To register go here networkforpubliceduc...
Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she discusses her new memoir - Network For Public Education
Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir. An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else is a beautifully written account of both the personal and professional growth of this hero of public education. This is a discussion you will not want to […]
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Our kids deserve better. Cutting public education funding means fewer resources, larger class sizes & fewer opportunities. Join the fight to protect our schools on March 4! www.aft.org/ProtectO... #ProtectOurKids @aftunion.bsky.social @nccsa.bsky.social @educationmn.bsky.social
Out-of-staters misrepresent Arkansas voucher data to champion school privatization arktimes.com/arkansa... #SchoolVoucherScam
Out-of-staters misrepresent Arkansas voucher data to champion school privatization - Arkansas Times
More families already in private schools are collecting LEARNS vouchers, but that doesn't indicate public school families are jumping ship.
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Watch this short video sum up a great @propublica.org piece that unveils the hostility of McMahon's Dept of Ed to public schooling. networkforpubliceducation.org/propublica-i... @edusky.bsky.social @zinnedproject.bsky.social
Anti-Public School Extremists Take Over Department of Education. - Network For Public Education
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Charter laws need reform to stop making schools piggy banks for those who take advantage of taxpayers and kids @mcolorado.bsky.social @npeaction.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social vimeo.com/1123262486?s...
Dohn Community High School: A textbook case of charter failure and illegal enrichment..
This video by NPE is based on a great investigative story by the reporters Quinlan Bently and Bebe Hodges of the Cincinnati Enquirer about how for-profit charter…
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