National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Joy Resmovits

Separate But Equal? Policy Brief Aims To Ensure Charter Schools Aren't.

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 02.24.2012

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Charter schools often promise to bring greater equity to education, but a new brief starts with the assumption that they fall short in delivery -- and...

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Number Of Students Attending Charter Schools Soars

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 12.07.2011

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MIAMI -- The number of students attending charter schools has soared to more than 2 million as states pass laws lifting caps and encouraging their exp...

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Ohio Takes a Step in the Right Direction by Requiring Transparency

Peter Groff | Posted 10.11.2011

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Peter Groff

Charter schools, as well as the management companies that support them, should have transparent operations because as public school operators, we bear the responsibility of the public trust.

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Public Charter Schools Engage Students and Empower Teachers

Peter Groff | Posted 10.04.2011

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Peter Groff

Anyone who is serious about improving the quality of public education should support the incredible contributions of public charter schools.

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Joy Resmovits

Who Can Authorize Charter Schools?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.16.2011

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A Georgia Supreme Court decision that challenges a state commission's ability to greenlight the creation of charter schools may have implications for ...

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Military Uninviting To Recruits With Online High School Diplomas

AP | SUSANNE M. SCHAFER | Posted 07.09.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Students graduating from the growing ranks of online high schools are running into a hurdle if their goal is to join the milita...

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Race To The Top Program Threatened, Teacher Jobs In Jeopardy

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last summer, the Obama Administration announced unprecedented funding for education reform in the form of a new program called Race To The Top. The in...

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