California’s War over Charter Schools Rages on in Court

Maryland charter schools warn of possible closures amid funding fight with districts

Maryland’s charter schools are warning of possible closures as their leaders describe “dramatic” funding cuts since the rollout of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, the state’s signature education reform plan. At the heart of a decades-long dispute is a conflict about how much money should flow to charter schools versus what can be withheld by traditional school districts for centrally managed services. Charter leaders across the state, parti…

CPS charters get shorter renewal terms amid greater scrutiny

Chicago’s Board of Education belatedly renewed contracts with 16 charter schools Thursday after months of delays to reevaluate the criteria by which charters are judged.Each of the schools received short renewal terms of between two and four years, giving the publicly funded but privately managed institutions a shorter leash under a mayor and school board that have ratcheted up scrutiny on charter operators.The votes come in the aftermath of las…

California’s war over charter schools rages on in court

Students arriving at the Preuss School, a charter on the UC San Diego Campus that is consistently one of the best high schools in the country. (File photo courtesy of UCSD) This column was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The decades-long wars among the kingdoms of medieval Europe have their political equivalents in California’s decades-long political conflicts among economic and cultural interest groups. Govern…

Walters: California’s war over charter schools rages on in court

Los Angeles Unified School District wants to "avoid" charter schools taking over several hundred district buildings. A judge may decide if that's legal.

Oklahoma Watch: Republicans say the fight for St. Isidore isn’t over

A deadlocked Supreme Court blocked the creation of the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, but some lawmakers said this isn’t where the fight ends.

California's war over charter schools rages on in court

The decades-long wars among the kingdoms of medieval Europe have their political equivalents in California’s decades-long political conflicts among economic and cultural interest groups. Governors and legislators come and go with election cycles, but warriors employed by the countless interest groups are permanent fixtures in the Capitol and in other political arenas, such as regulatory agencies, ballot measure elections and the courts. Farmers …