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    Charter Schools

    Charter Schools Not Documenting Spending on Low-income Kids, Report Says

    EdSource’s John Fensterwald reports on the findings of Public Advocates’ survey of charter schools in California released August 1st. The report reveals systemic failure by charter [...]

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    Charter school’s demise prompts debate about strengthening oversight

    EdSource’s George White reports on efforts to advance approaches to combat financial fraud, waste and mismanagement in California’s charter schools. From the article… “The [...]

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    California: Deal Struck in Legislature to Reform Charters’ Enrollment and Discipline Policies

    May 28, 2017 – Diane Ravitch, in her blog, wrote about the recent deal to create new admissions policies at California charter schools. This deal was partially inspired by a Public [...]

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    Kicked out of a charter school? Deal struck in Sacramento on bill spelling out your rights

    May 25, 2017 – In a a report by Kyle Stokes of KPCC, a major deal was announced between two state power players–the California Teachers Union and the California Charter Schools [...]

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    Press Release: Illegal Admissions Policies Persist at Some California Charter Schools Following Review

    Nine months after scathing report shows widespread state & federal violations at charter schools, some take corrective action but exclusionary policies remain.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [...]

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    Making Progress Towards an Equal Playing Field: A Follow Up to the ACLU of Southern California and Public Advocates’ Report on Charter School Admissions Policies

    For a PDF of this statement, including a chart of schools that have  not reported back on action to correct exclusionary policies, click here; for a press release on the statement, click here. By [...]

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    Are Charter Schools Good or Bad for Black Students?

    February 1, 2017 – The New Republic’s Graham Vyse explores how the issue of charter schools is dividing the civil rights movement. Organizations like the NAACP have called for a [...]

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    Trump’s choice for U.S. secretary of education has history of promoting school “choice”

    EdSource director Louis Freedburg writes about the naming of billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos as  Secretary of Education in the administration of President-elect Donald Trump. Public [...]

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    Unequal Access: How Some California Charter Schools Illegally Restrict Enrollment

    Unequal Access: How Some California Charter Schools Illegally Restrict Enrollment From the Report: The original vision of charter schools in the 1990s was to provide new opportunities to improve [...]

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    NAACP Ratifies Controversial Resolution for a Moratorium on Charter Schools

    Washington Post reporter Valerie Strauss writes that leaders of the NAACP have ratified a resolution calling for a moratorium on charter schools. Public Advocates is mentioned in the article. [...]

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