School districts with fewer than 9,000 students and charter schools within their boundaries already can hire emergency substitute teachers, but how long they can teach in one classroom is limited

Charter schools

US & Canada

Associated Press News

KLAS - 8 News Now

Reno Gazette-Journal

Nevada weighs permanent rule allowing emergency substitute teachers

Burdensome regulations are limiting the freedom of charter schools and diverting their resources toward paperwork, according to a report published by the American Enterprise Institute.

Politics

Missouri

Washington Examiner

The Ohio Star

Missouri considers pension changes to solve teacher shortage

The Nevada State Public Charter School Authority’s board voted Friday to conditionally approve a resubmitted application for Strong Start Academy Elementary School.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal 

City of Las Vegas’ charter school gets OK

Hart was a longtime state legislator who wrote California's law authorizing charter schools in 1992.

Los Angeles Times

Gary K. Hart, charter school architect and former California education secretary, dies at 78

For an excellent example of how charter schools can reach students who struggle in standardized public school environments, head to Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of 25,000 people south of Birmingham.There you'll find Magic City Acceptance Academy, a public charter school that opened its doors last August after struggling for a year to get official permission to open.

Opinion

Alabama

Reason

[Opinion] An LGBT-Friendly Charter School in the Heart of Alabama Shows the Power and Flexibility of School Choice

After about a week of widespread media outcry, a public charter elementary school in Georgia has finally removed a deeply offensive assignment from its curriculum. Fourth graders were prompted to “write a letter” to Andrew Jackson from the perspective of an “American settler” arguing in defense of “removing the Cherokee” to help the country “grow and prosper.

Daily Kos

[Opinion] After media outcry, charter school drops assignment asking fourth graders to justify Trail of Tears

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Two City of Buffalo charter schools can remain open for two more years under certain conditions. Last March, the Buffalo School Board voted to close Westminster Community and Enterprise charter schools, but after a legal battle, they'll stay open through at least June 2024. In a joint statement, Enterprise board chair [...]

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo

WIVB

Westminster & Enterprise charter schools reach agreement with BPS to remain open

This year, the Hawaiʻi State Legislature is introducing three bills to provide free period products at all public and charter school campuses. SB2821 will be the first one to receive a hearing on Jan. 28.

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