Some Important Legal Developments + Big Election Next Week
3/26/25 – Lots of Facility News!
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3/16/25 – Content You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Under the Radar School Visit Revealed
2/28/25 – Supreme Court Sets Date in Charter School Case
NAEP: Charter vs. Traditional Schools
2/12/25 – Winds of Change Blow through the Department of Education
Is Municipal Bonds’ Tax Exempt Status at Risk?
1/23/25 – Incoming Education Secretary Linda McMahon
January 23rd issue of Charter School Investor including Federal & State Updates, Texas Adult Charter Schools, the future of IDEA in Louisiana, and more!
12/23/24 – Welcome to a New & Improved Version of Charter School Investor!
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Rather Than Suspend Students, Support Them
At Cirrus Academy in Macon, Georgia, Superintendent Dr. Gail Fowler noticed that In School Suspensions (ISS) were not working. Dr. Fowler says of ISS, “it was punitive, regardless of what you were suspended for”. Cirrus Academy’s innovative alternative to in school suspensions is Eagles Bridge Academy, a holistic extension of the work being done...
Diverse-by-Design Charter Schools are Making a Difference
Prioritizing diversity as a core value of a charter school tends to improve behavioral and academic outcomes for students, according to a new study from a team at Teachers College with Columbia University headed by Professor Priscilla Wohlstetter. “Moving the Needle on Desegregation: Performance Outcomes and Implementation Lessons from...
Stuff Happens: Informing the Muni Market Upon an Emergency Event at Your Charter School
“That’ll never happen!” While we all may have said that at one point in our lives, we are probably saying it less in the past two years. Large-scale tropical storms, disease outbreaks, fires and significant weather damage are among the emergency events that can have a material adverse impact on the finances and operations of a charter school...
Cyberbullying and Schools: New Tech Challenges Where School Oversight Ends. The Supreme Court Weighs In.
Traditional public school policies are failing in the face of new technology. Snapchat and other social media apps are pressing into the grey area of where public school oversight ends. Traditionally, it has been easy for schools to distinguish off-campus behavior from on-campus behavior. But what happens when a student makes a post off-campus...
