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How is the mix of information required from charter school borrowers changing in light of COVID and the emphasis on distance learning? Alexis Turner, Director of Business Operations at School Improvement Partnership, addresses how the information bondholders require of charter schools is changing. Alexis helped to automate the production of...
Arthur Mitchell, a Director at School Improvement Partnership, addresses how COVID and the emphasis on social justice is affecting charter schools and the information bondholders require of them. Arthur serves as the Executive Director of the STEM Equity Alliance, a non-profit corporation focused on creating culturally responsive pedagogical...
Tressa Pankovits, the Emmy-winning author of Charter School Investor and Associate Director of Reinventing America’s Schools, gives her perspective on how policy changes and the effects of COVID and distance learning are affecting the charter school markets. Tressa’s report comes from the Nation’s Capitol as part of the...
Will charter school buildings open in the fall? Were their budgets affected by COVID-19? How have they kept students engaged during the spring and summer? Combing EMMA for this information can be frustrating for even the most experienced and determined muni research analyst. Until now. In its role as Continuing Disclosure Agent for charter school...
According to a recent article in Chief Investment Officer, social bond issuance has quadrupled so far this year. According to S & P, “while the recent surge may have been precipitated by COVID-19, the appeal of social bonds as a sustainable finance instrument may endure long after its effects have subsided.” Municipal high-yield...
Charter schools tend to be small, responsive to community needs, and flexible by design. This allows them to quickly and effectively create, monitor, reflect on, and adjust the kinds of programming and support their students need. Investors in charter school bonds might well wonder what a strong response to the unrest and disruption of spring...
With COVID19 and the related economic fallout causing dramatic loss of revenue for state and local governments, investors in charter school bonds worry that school funding will be cut as governments struggle to balance their budgets. Announcements from several large jurisdictions indicate that hasn’t happened, at least not for fiscal 2021. ...
With school districts cancelling classes around the country, the concern is that charter schools will take the same step. What effect will such an action have on investors in high-yield tax-exempt charter school bonds? There are a few factors to consider. What the State Requires. Each state has requirements for the minimum number of days of...
What does the reshaped Democratic primary mean for Charter School Investors? It’s official – the Democratic presidential Primary is a two-candidate race. The next debate will be different than all of those in the past, as the two candidates will actually have a chance to dig in on the issues. One that is a big bone of contention in the party−and...
School Improvement Partnership is highlighting the causes or triggers of defaults on municipal high-yield charter school bonds in a weekly series entitled THE TOP TEN TRIGGERS OF CHARTER SCHOOL BOND DEFAULTS. In case you missed it, Risk # 10 was School Safety; Risk # 9, Construction Risk; Risk # 8, Shifting State Support for Charter Schools; Risk...
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