… Jalen Rose opened a new charter school in his hometown of Detroit. … limits the number of charter schools that can be approved by … universities, the most common charter school authorizers. Michigan … university-authorized charter schools in Michigan. This attempt … repeat history? Read the "Charter Wars" history here: https: …
Charter schools outperform conventional public schools in Detroit despite getting … schools in Detroit are charter schools, according to U.S. News … list are: Detroit Merit Charter Academy Warrendale Charter … schools in Detroit are also charter schools. They even ranked higher …
Comstock Public Schools privatized janitorial services with … of the district, opposed charter public schools in a letter … that criticized some charter schools as being “for profit.” … other services yet attack charter schools for doing the same thing. … to some media reports, charter schools are “nonprofits,” just …
The Big Picture on School Choice in Detroit For years, school … shows that school choice — charters, tax credits, vouchers and … Times Article on Michigan Charter Schools An article in the New … view of the state of charter schools in Michigan that is contradicted … “Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost.” A …
… triggered a rash of claims by charter school critics that the state’s charter school landscape is an unregulated … since the first Michigan charter school opened in 1993-94 that … schools in Michigan went down. School choice advocates attribute … part to the closure of 14 charters over the last three years …
… and owes its existence to school officials in Detroit who tried to prevent a charter school from using one of their … successful and growing charter school in 2017that needed more … schools, especially public charter schools, to serve children in … buildings solely to prevent a charter school from ever using it. A …
… Democratic Party over charter schools. Her Dec. 30 column for … Berkshire has assailed public school choice in Michigan, ignoring … the Democratic divide over charters, Berkshire blames it on “politics … Obama — himself a notable charter school supporter — gone from … firsthand how a local KIPP charter school enabled one of her 15 …
… hat to do about Detroit's schools? The job of straightening … solutions. What if the Detroit school board were to charter all of Detroit's schools? This would free schools … can do better. When charter schools fail, they can be shut …
… the number of public charter schools that can be chartered by public universities. The … Thursday by a 22-16 margin. Charter school advocates claim the passage … Proposal A and the creation of school choice in Michigan,” said … the Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers. Seventy …
… Correcting its omission of key schools and funding sources highlights … districts and the state’s charter schools, where 75% of students … for every three dollars charter schools received per student, … with similar demographics to charters reveals an even starker divide. … criteria. The rest of the charter schools serving populations where …
… Road campus. The public charter school has shown significant … city’s east side, which the school possessed only shortly before … up. Like the building, the school and its 300 students — nearly … water crisis, with them to school. But Northridge Academy is … of support services; the charter is authorized by Ferris State …
… Magazine released a statewide ranking of schools, which took student socioeconomic … for Bridge Magazine that charter public schools are twice as … the rigorous study of Michigan charter schools just published by Stanford … study matched individual public charter school students to their conventional … are choosing to attend public charter schools. These students may choose …
… students through public charter schools. On May 14, four of six … designed to help public charter schools open and grow. Michigan … number of high-quality charter schools serving at-risk populations." … state education department to schools that meet the program's criteria. … taken in by Michigan schools. Charters serve 10% of the students …
… Flint, Center Academy charter school and Northern High School both struggled academically. … distinction between how charter schools authorizers handle struggling … MLive recently as saying charter school authorizers should be … of our bad schools, both charters and traditional schools?" …
… question the value of charter schools in Michigan and point … Bridge repeats a claim by anti-charter interests that Michigan is the “wild west” of charter schools. The column by The Center … they are authorized to open schools. Moreover, our state does … the state’s term for charter schools — have been closed in …
Detroit charter schools rightly merit attention for helping … Detroit student who attends a charter high school is more likely to pursue higher … Academies, which represents charter schools in the state, observed … college enrollment were charter schools. The numbers come from …
… is now available. Topics include teacher pay, charter public school performance and school funding.
… adopting the nation’s first charter school law. Today more than three … independently governed public schools. Even as the Year of Educational … in many states, public charter schools retain a prominent role … true in our state, where charters are a well-established part … the oldest and strongest charter school laws in the nation. It …
… Michigan basketball standout and Detroit native opened a brand new charter school, the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy. Expectations are high, but Rose says he's committed to giving these high school students an opportunity to succeed. For more information, read With Clear …
… new issue of Michigan Education Digest is now available. Topics include charter public school success, Flint’s self-created overspending crisis and MEA politics.
… Center for Public Policy, charter schools are saving taxpayer dollars … other traditional public schools across the state. In Doing More With Less: The Charter School Advantage in Michigan, … investment in Michigan charter schools across 71 cities, as well … funding inequities between charter schools and traditional public …
… court order related to the school retirement system. The decision … expansion of failing charter schools, and now by refusing to … says: The notion that charter schools are popping up "unfettered" … office, there were 247 charter schools in Michigan. In 2012, … lifted an artificial cap on charters and by 2015-16, there were …
In charter schools policy debates like the ones this week in … fundamental distinction between charter public schools and district-run schools often … lost: Every child in every charter school is there only because … the number and type of charter schools. Such restrictions are …
… comes to the record of charter schools, Education Trust-Midwest … of public education: charter schools. It's appropriate to have … discussion about what more charter schools could do to help drive … express frustration that charters haven't raised the bar high … doing worse than other public schools and are “a national embarrassment” …
… the number of public charter schools in the state, one commenter … said the act would put “a charter school in every neighborhood.” … was shared by the anti-charter school movement. In October … would “create hundreds of new schools.” But the explosion of new … past five years, some new charters have opened and others have …
… of the top 17 public high schools in the city of Detroit are charter schools, according to a Mackinac … in the city are public charter schools: Frontier International … selective schools because, unlike charters, they can choose to turn … admission. Under state law, a charter school must accept any student …
… Michigan philanthropist and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos … not happy about the pick. Charters, vouchers, tax credits and … generally support public charter schools, much of the critique … available shows that charter schools in Michigan have been … results of Michigan’s charter schools (CapCon has a few examples). …
… there has been a flood of charter schools in Michigan. The August … said: “Michigan opened the charter school floodgates in 2011 by … some of the worst-performing charters into the poorest cities.” ForTheRecord says: In the 2013-14 school year there were 298 charter schools in Michigan, according …
… that students in Detroit charter schools attain a higher level … city’s conventional public school district. Detroit charter school students outperformed … shows that on average, charter school students had higher graduation … better than those attending charters in the city. According to …
The current school year marks only the second time that there … increase in the number of charter schools in Michigan since the … enacted its law governing charter schools 22 years ago. The Legislature … artificial cap on the number of charters in 2011. A brief surge in charter schools followed, with 298 operating …
… among traditional public schools while another bill that would do the same for charter public schools is stalled … total of 225 university-chartered schools by the end of the 2001-02 … authorization for 48 new charter schools to be open for the 1999-00 … number of university-chartered schools to 158, eight over the …
… Progress has judged the Detroit school district to have the worst … close poor-performing charter schools. Crain’s reported: “In … strong stance against charter schools with low test scores, … district schools. Public charter schools are a major source of … schools. CREDO says Detroit's charters are a model other communities …
… support expanding the number of charter public schools. That’s the conclusion suggested … limit or eliminate their charter school competition. These anti-charter … accurately reflect how charter schools spend their resources. … school year shows that charter schools had an average of 16.2 …
… and frequent critic of charter schools Diane Ravitch wrote in … free-market reforms and charter schools for the problems in Detroit’s public school system. Ravitch doesn’t dispute … Michigan.” ForTheRecord says: Charter school opponents sometimes go … Ravitch’s list of knocks against charters. Instead, in a city where …
… wetzel@mackinac.org MIDLAND — Michigan charter school parents are satisfied … very likely to recommend charter schools to other parents, according … survey of more than 1,400 charter school parents across the state. … considerable support for charter schools: 91 percent of parents … those surveyed gave their school an A or B. In Michigan, one …
… advocating that some lesser-funded schools serving more black and brown … recommendation, it would mean all charter school students get state per-pupil … are considered, the state’s charters, on average, already receive … that both highlighted charter school demographics and drew attention to comments made by charter school parents from our survey …
… their children in public charter schools. But its case against charter schooling is weak, and the … evidence on the impact charter schools are having in Michigan. … report states that “…charter schools often perform below traditional public schools that serve exactly the same …
Public charter schools in Michigan are closing the performance … with conventional district schools in some subjects, according … even though students at charter schools are more likely than their … was 218 for both public charter school and traditional public … indicate that the average charter student scored 232, while …
The conventional school district in Detroit is, by most measures, … fleeing for years, leaving for schools in other districts or charter schools in the city. To prevent … to sell it to Detroit Prep Charter Academy, a highly rated school. … The district and the charter school are in a legal battle. …
… out to passersby, but the school that operates inside has earned … National Heritage Academy charter school near the heart of Detroit … six through eight. The charter school similarly beat expectations … their improvement. As charter schools that don't serve as a … card, the network of charter schools also rated highly as a …
… on university-authorized charter public schools. The Mackinac Center has … of parents to choose charter schools since 1988. Below are … introduced the concept of charter schools to Michigan in 1988, one … earliest advocates of the charter school idea was the Midland-based …
… announcement drew the ire of school choice opponents in media, … characterized Michigan charter schools as corrupt and harmful. … options are confined to charter schools, but the performance of … DeVos. “Eight out of 10 charter schools in MI perform below the … that children in Detroit charters gained the equivalent of …
… DeGrow corrected the myth that charter schools do not serve students with great … in one of her columns. Because charter schools are public, they may not refuse … selectively. About 10% of Michigan charter students have recognized special … family is less likely to choose a charter school at the beginning of a student’s …
… just released a piece on charter schools and Betsy DeVos. There … get the impression that charter schools serve students poorly, steal from district schools and are a waste of tax dollars. … results of the research on charter schools “inconclusive.” In fact, … that unions are upset that charters are largely nonunionized …
… reporting on Michigan’s charter schools has raised eyebrows among … that well-heeled anti-charter school interests in Michigan … resources to compete with charter school defenders, including Betsy … mostly traditional public schools, which in Detroit serve the … students in neighborhoods where charters have largely declined to …
… number of Michigan public school students who can participate in full-time, online charter “cyber schools” is now pending … contractor for this. Like all charter schools, it also has to pay its … common with all other charter schools, MVCA can’t borrow and … that distinguishes all charter schools, including MVCA, is that …
… Michael Van Beek’s Op-Ed about recent data showing the success of Michigan’s charter public schools appeared in the “Cross Country” column of Saturday’s Wall Street Journa …
… edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available online. Topics include charter public school oversight, enrollment declines and Saginaw teachers’ pay cut.
One mid-Michigan charter school striving not to be defined by … low-achievement “Priority school,” more of its students are … buses is provided to keep the school within reach of kids, many … results, it sticks with a school for four straight years. … student poverty than with school quality. That means the state …
… two children to a public charter school in the city, something … dramatically in Detroit. Charter schools are now the most popular … studies showing public charter schools in the city achieve superior academic performance compared to schools managed by the Detroit school … public schools in Detroit than charters, according to the National …
… is enrolled in either a charter school or a school of choice. For the 2011-12 … were enrolled in public charter schools and 99,301 attended a … only point the finger at charter schools. Moody's Investors Service … report Oct. 15 titled, "Charter Schools Pose Growing Risks For …
… whose children attend charter schools and spoke to the Mackinac … proposal to limit public charter schools in the city. The Mackinac … families at their homes and at schools so they could publicly share … has had experience with charter schools first as a father and … centralizing control of Detroit's charter and conventional public schools …
… dismantling of the state’s charter school system. But in addition … assertions about Michigan’s school system that deserve a much … critics of the state’s charter schools, such as Democrat John … studies on Michigan’s charter schools in 2013 and 2015. CREDO’s … research initiative, point to a charter sector marred by profiteering, …
This year’s back-to-school season has brought out more than the usual share of anti-charter hostility — with local critics … John Oliver skewered charter schools with 18 minutes of uninformed … scenario, the explosion of charter schools in the last decade has … he wants to shut down charter schools, which would directly …
… voted to repeal a cap on charter public schools, Democrats warned that “allowing … number” of “for-profit” charter schools would put students at … National Alliance for Public Charter Schools finds that while Michigan has the fifth most charter school students in the country …
… ently, Michigan’s 186 charter schools have come under unfair … a swipe at Michigan’s charter schools, telling the Lansing State … from lacking accountability, charters actually meet one critical … accountability that no other public schools can boast: the ability of … send their child to a charter school. If, for any reason, charter …
… Representatives voted 56-54 to approve Senate Bill 619 Thursday, according to Michigan Capitol Confidential, which will increase the number of cyber charter schools in the state. You can read more about the issue here and here. Also, the ballot proposal to overturn Michigan’s emergency manager law appears …
… eventy-one Michigan public school superintendents signed a letter … site that claimed that charter schools were serving middle class … eligible students in charter schools than in conventional public school districts. Charter schools had 69.8 percent of students … enrollment of students in charters in Flint and Detroit, it …
… superintendent of Detroit’s school district, recently said that … child to be educated, and charter schools have been “disastrous” … the Lions. But public charter schools are in Detroit, along … against the district. Charter school students in Detroit, it … schools. CREDO said the charter schools in Detroit should serve …
… challenge for an Ann Arbor school, but it in no way constitutes … Michigan’s longest-standing charter schools, follows an intentional … passion and expertise of the school’s long-time leader, Dr. Luay Shalabi, the 2015 Michigan Charter School Administrator of the Year. … training into the public charter space, where he could help …
… arbitrary cap on the number of charter public schools that state universities can … parental choice are arguing that charters do not perform well on average. … this is just one of many charter school studies. Researchers at … the effectiveness of charter schools in improving standardized …
Michigan’s school administrators are right to complain about … by corralling public charter schools and school contractors … MPSERS. Currently, most charter school employees, because they … technically employed directly by charter school boards, do not participate … gripe about charter schools — charters threaten the monopolized …
… son to a Detroit-area charter school in Roseville. Though some … urging the state to limit school choice in the City of Detroit, … Shopping around for the best school "wasn't a problem for me," … to attend the Roseville charter school. The move is possible … able to send her son to the school that is best for him. “My …
… auditor general scrutinized charter school procedures of Central Michigan University, charter school opponents hoped for a … undermine support for charter schools. Instead, they got a mixed … education reform, not less. Charter schools were introduced three … competition to Michigans public school system. Today, 105 of the …
… Wellspring Preparatory High School is tucked just off the beaten … Heritage Academies K-8 charter schools. Just over half are racial … Even as the Grand Rapids charter school’s low-income population … Prep is one of five Michigan charter high schools affiliated through … development. As in many charter schools, instructors tend to be …
… public demands that a Flint school board trustee resign because … support for a proposed charter school for minority students. … meeting. The academy, a charter school designed to serve Flint's … that the support for a charter school neglected Kehoe's responsibility … Education is already in the charter school business," says academy …
… overspending by Detroit Public Schools was introduced Thursday. The … industry group for public charter schools in the state, reviewed … Detroit the power to close charter schools and restrict the entities … power to restrict and close charters. Charter school advocates feared the consequences …
… dollars into the state’s public schools. The predictable approach … districts. Most public charter school teachers are paid as contractors … aid. That excludes many charter schools, which unlike conventional … students who select an online charter school from the promised primary … students enrolled in online charter schools. This gratuitous decision …
… t of 20 conventional high schools in Detroit, 18 are failing … Detroit Schoolchildren, charter schools are also part of the problem. The report states, “Charter authorizers and charter school boards should improve … better coordinate all charter schools.” The report also complains …
… of new study of Michigan’s charter public schools by Stanford University’s Center … 82 percent of Michigan charter schools had positive average growth … reference one such finding — charter school students averaged making … available and implies that charter schools are likely doing worse …
… calls Michigan’s public charter school sector “questionable” … comprehensive study of these schools into something negative. Authors … “the study of Michigan’s [charter] schools…is less definitive … says that the typical charter school student in Michigan made … on tracking individual charter school students’ test score growth …
The Saginaw Public School district has been operating with a … an interested party— a charter school — the Saginaw school board … ignore the offer from the charter school. Francis Reh wants to … is not the first time a charter school in Michigan has faced … policies that ban sales to a charter. Although conventional school …
… oversight in Michigan’s public schools has been almost entirely focused on charter schools. Yet, consider the academically … before July 1, 2019. Charter schools, however, can still be … would also require failing charter public schools to be closed … traditional schools, Michigan’s charter schools remain committed to the …
… line up outside South Arbor Charter Academy in Ypsilanti to take … home for the day. Inside the school, dozens of parents will find … faith!" Each year, this charter school, affiliated with National … openings. So like at many charter schools around the country, a … limits the number of charter schools in the state. This is …
… one exception – online charter schools. Whitmer proposes a 20% cut to the schools, which opponents of the plan … Whitmer has singled out charter schools. Whitmer’s 2023 budget … districts, excluded most charter schools. Charter school teachers are often paid …
… Walter French Academy charter school in Lansing closed after … 2013, Buena Vista Public Schools was dissolved after accumulating … $3 million more than the charter public school and was ordered … accountability" with charter schools when they were launched … However, there have been 77 charter schools that have closed since …
… of teachers at public charter schools across the country, including … report published by a national charter advocacy organization. The number of unionized charter schools across the nation grew … 2009-10). In Michigan, where charter schools are known as public school academies, unionization has …
There are 51 schools that have been in the bottom 5 percent … years in a row. Of those 51 schools, four were charter public schools and three of … the list remain open. "Charter schools have traditionally been … Academy is still open. That charter school is located in Wilson in …
… Education Digest is now online. Topics include charter public school success, Brighton release time and school board elections.
… arbitrary caps on the number of charter public schools contains a series of misleading, … benchmarks for success” for charter schools, implying that they’re … not to understand how charter schools come into existence by … Rather, they are hired by charter school boards that have already …
… could be running many state schools. Ulbrich, a Democrat from … conventional school district systems to charter schools. "Under Proposal A, funding … continue to open more and more charters and cyber charters, we are … politicians do in assuming charter schools get their students like … districts. Van Beek said charter schools operate only after parents …
… superintendent for Detroit’s public schools said he will recommend the … district no longer authorize charter schools and focus instead on improving … ForTheRecord says: Two charter schools authorized by Detroit's … time. Most Michigan charter schools are authorized by state … districts do not authorize any charters. Detroit is an exception, …
… performance with an "unregulated" school marketplace where parents … asked about accountability of charter public schools. He said parents … decision makers that charter schools need more oversight. … Press was critical of charter schools. Austin also cited Paul … Education, as saying that if a charter school doesn’t outperform a conventional …
When West Bloomfield School District treasurer Carol Finkelstein … it out of the hands of charter schools. But when Finkelstein … see no reason to fear a charter school,” Finkelstein said at … had reason to believe a charter school would move in. Finkelstein … Academies, advising that charter schools do not go where they are …
… restrictions or an outright ban on charter public schools and the entities that authorize … time when the number of charter schools in the state has expanded … year an additional 17 charter schools opened, while 11 were … ranged from mandating that charter schools file more reports with …
… that students in Detroit charter schools do better than their peers attending schools operated by the Detroit Public … and be content--district or charter performance. As a district … isolation can be done through charter school expansion. Charter schools are not a sliver bullet …
… Education Policy Director Audrey Spalding discussed charter public school student performance and the college readiness of Michigan high school graduates.
… principles upon which Morey Charter School of Shepherd, founded in … principles with which he imbued the school hang on the wall of every classroom as a reminder to the school's 382 students that success … each day for school. The Charter School Office of Central Michigan … to the school. Morey Charter School has proved to be a rewarding …
… of Michigan Education Digest is now online. Topics include a year-round school pilot program in Ypsilanti, Flint’s overspending crisis and enrollment declines in northern Michigan school districts.
Charter school parents who live in the Grand Rapids area are … both conventional public schools and charter school operators to provide more … they also are lobbying charter school operators to begin serving … preliminary" meetings with charter high school operators about …
… appointed commission to dictate school enrollment decisions across … including the ability to close charters it deems unsuccessful. In … nationwide trade group for charter schools gave Michigan high marks … the health of its public charter school sector. For the second … National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranked Michigan third …
School boards are sometimes held as shining examples of democracy … and opening a new public charter school there. The school board … wind up going to this new charter school instead. Of course, for … their children in the charter school over schools run by the … official says that the local charter school group is only offering …
… he James & Grace Lee Boggs School is a charter school in Detroit that opened … statewide cap on the number of charters was repealed by the Legislature … tests than their nearby charter school peers. While only 6 percent … between district and charter schools in Detroit. The Nation's …
… interview was about guns in schools and school choice, but a key … used to suggest that charter schools don’t do a good job and … rigorous research shows charter schools are raising the bar in … analysis, the state’s charter schools — which get less public … each dollar spent. Detroit charters annually spend less than …
… easy to get a new public charter school off the ground. Charters help students learn more … options. Yet the number of charter schools plateaued five years ago … charter sector by focusing on schools that exist only as ideas today. … Pleasant-based National Charter Schools Institute is partnering …
… years ago, Detroit Public Schools students scored the lowest … in school a year when in charter public schools compared to … about half of the Detroit charter schools perform significantly … that high performing charter schools are encouraged to expand … Education found that Michigan charter schools serve more students from …
… the Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers sent a letter … his authority to suspend charter public school authorizers without first … Administrative Procedures Act. Charter school advocates said they are … sometime this week to suspend charter school authorizers from opening …
… and recent Michigan public school teachers’ experiences with … Michigan teacher has found a charter school advantage. Steve Scott … School, a Southfield public charter school with a special emphasis … greater ability to enroll in a charter or across district lines. … of Michigan’s oldest charter schools. The school is managed …
Michigan charter public schools have "generous" state funding … Moody's description that charter school funding is "generous," … in deficit in 2013. "Charter schools face the threat of closure … Post picked up on the "charter schools hurting public school …
… criticism lobbed against charter public schools is that they don’t serve enough … students whose parents chose charter schools had special education … rate of growth in overall charter school enrollments. In contrast, … 2001 (210,000). Since charter school enrollment is entirely …