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Charter Schools
The Chaos Inside Diddy’s Harlem Charter School Parents were drawn in by Capital Prep’s celebrity connections and social justice curriculum. Instead, their children faced violence and dysfunction.
charter schools
June 12, 2023
Oklahoma’s Religious Charter School Aims to Break Church-State Separation Why bother with vouchers and scholarships to subsidize private religious schools when the state can just fund them directly and call them “public”?
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
June 7, 2023
National Study Shows Charters Outperform Traditional Schools Education-reform skeptics’ favorite fact is officially false.
By Jonathan Chait
the city politic
Mar. 8, 2023
Kathy Hochul Is on the Brink of 3 Wars With Her Own Party New York’s governor claims she’s not looking for fights, but various state Democrats are signaling she’ll get them anyway.
By Errol Louis
Why Republicans May Go All In on Parental Rights Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin thinks defending parents’ rights to dictate what happens in schools appeals to swing and base voters.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Jan. 5, 2021
Unlearning an Answer Just as charter schools have begun to deliver extraordinary results, their political support among Democrats has collapsed. What will Biden do?
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren Tells Poor Parents to Fix Their Own Schools Presidential candidate boasts of helping to kill effective reform, tells urban parents to deal with it themselves.
By Jonathan Chait
2020 elections
Feb. 8, 2019
Cory Booker Has a School Choice Problem Booker’s past positions on vouchers and charter schools are out of line with Democratic orthodoxy. He can’t stay quiet about it much longer.
By Ed Kilgore
Acero Charter Schools Takes Legal Action To Stop Strike Acero Charters Schools Is Taking Legal Action Against Striking Teachers
By Sarah Jones
Inside the First Charter-School Strike: ‘30k Is Not a Livable Wage in Chicago’ Following a wave of public educator protests, teachers at Chicago’s Acero Schools charter network are demanding higher pay and smaller class sizes.
By Sarah Jones
Chicago Teachers Clear Path for Nation’s First Charter-School Strike Following a wave of teacher protests earlier this year, Acero Charter Schools educators voted to authorize a potentially groundbreaking strike.
By Sarah Jones
The GOP Could Get Shut Out of California’s Gubernatorial Election It could matter a lot nationally if Republicans are shut out of the general election in both of California’s top-of-the-ballot races.
By Ed Kilgore
Charter School Billionaires Boosting Former L.A. Mayor’s Gubernatorial Campaign A network of wealthy charter school backers is financing ads for Antonio Villaraigosa into a general election with fellow Democrat Gavin Newsom.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Dec. 8, 2017
Charters Didn’t Cause Segregation. They’re a Solution for its Victims. Don’t wait for residential segregation to disappear before helping urban students.
By Jonathan Chait
Here’s a Reminder That Pitbull Loves Charter Schools Betsy DeVos paid Mr. Worldwide’s Miami charter school — SLAM — a visit on Thursday.
By Gabriella Paiella
trump transition
Jan. 18, 2017
Does Betsy DeVos Really Believe in Public Schools? The would-be secretary of Education is committed to eroding accountability for the use of taxpayers’ education funding.
By Ed Kilgore
A Teacher Tears Up a First-Grader’s Paper “There’s nothing that infuriates me more than when you don’t do what’s on your paper.”
By Jesse Singal
the city politic
Mar. 18, 2015
Is Andrew Cuomo Getting Schooled? His rough treatment of the teachers’ unions is driving down his popularity. So why is he doing it?
By Chris Smith
city politic
Mar. 3, 2015
Who Will Take Round Two of the Charter-School Debate in Albany This Year? Pro-charter-school allies won big last year, but Albany’s dynamics have changed just enough to make that less certain.
By Chris Smith
How Campbell Brown Became the Most Controversial Woman in School Reform The ex–news anchor has managed to make a lot of enemies, thanks to her new mission.
By Vanessa Grigoriadis
early and awkward
Apr. 3, 2014
Mayor de Blasio on His First (Nearly) 100 Days in Office How about that pre-K deal? And what was it like getting booed by Mets fans?
By Chris Smith
bill de blasio’s new york
Mar. 29, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
Why Mayor de Blasio Is Softening His Talk on Charter Schools The latest, from Chris Smith, in the ongoing education battle.
By Chris Smith
Bronx Charter School Busted for Stacking the Deck Even though legally charter schools must admit by lottery, the Academic Leadership school has been weeding out weak applicants.
By Chris Rovzar
neighborhood news
Feb. 3, 2010
By Ben Mathis-Lilley