… standout Jalen Rose opened a new charter school in his hometown of … which limits the number of charter schools that can be approved … universities, the most common charter school authorizers. Michigan … on university-authorized charter schools in Michigan. This … repeat history? Read the "Charter Wars" history here: https: …
Charter schools outperform conventional public schools in Detroit … middle schools in Detroit are charter schools, according to U.S. … list are: Detroit Merit Charter Academy Warrendale Charter Academy Detroit Edison Public … schools in Detroit are also charter schools. They even ranked …
… of the district, opposed charter public schools in a letter … newspaper that criticized some charter schools as being “for profit.” Charter public schools in Michigan … other services yet attack charter schools for doing the same … Contrary to some media reports, charter schools are “nonprofits,” …
… shows that school choice — charters, tax credits, vouchers and … Times Article on Michigan Charter Schools An article in the … gave a view of the state of charter schools in Michigan that is … titled “Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost.” … point in the story is that charter schools in Michigan are allowed …
… adopting the nation’s first charter school law. Today more than … options in many states, public charter schools retain a prominent … true in our state, where charters are a well-established part … the oldest and strongest charter school laws in the nation. … one of the highest rates of charter enrollment, thanks in part …
… Center for Public Policy, charter schools are saving taxpayer … Doing More With Less: The Charter School Advantage in Michigan, … taxpayer investment in Michigan charter schools across 71 cities, … funding inequities between charter schools and traditional public … more per pupil than Michigan charter schools. Yet, charter schools …
… their children in public charter schools. But its case against charter schooling is weak, and the … available evidence on the impact charter schools are having in Michigan. The report states that “…charter schools often perform below … test scores from Detroit charter schools are a fair representation …
… cap on the number of public charter schools in the state, one … said the act would put “a charter school in every neighborhood.” … fear was shared by the anti-charter school movement. In October … cap. While that happened, charter school critic and Michigan … But the explosion of new charter schools that Arsen and others …
… 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 the number of charter schools in Michigan went down. … part to the closure of 14 charters over the last three years …
… in the city of Detroit are charter schools, according to a Mackinac … schools 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 … long as it has space. Many charter schools have a waiting list …
… for Bridge Magazine that charter public schools are twice as … distribution of conventional and charter public schools. The problem is, he's comparing charter public schools to conventional districts. … districts will appear mediocre. Charter public schools, without a … Approximately 32 percent of charter public schools ranked by the …
The newest edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available online. Topics include charter public school oversight, enrollment declines and Saginaw teachers’ pay cut.
… there has been a flood of charter schools in Michigan. The … said: “Michigan opened the charter school floodgates in 2011 … some of the worst-performing charters into the poorest cities.” … school year there were 298 charter schools in Michigan, according … figure for 2015-16 was 302 charters. When the 2016-17 school …
… rate of teachers at public charter schools across the country, … report published by a national charter advocacy organization. The number of unionized charter schools across the nation … 781. But the total number of charters also climbed, resulting in … 2009-10). In Michigan, where charter schools are known as public …
… increase in the number of charter schools in Michigan since … enacted its law governing charter schools 22 years ago. The … artificial cap on the number of charters in 2011. A brief surge in charter schools followed, with 298 … only been a net gain of four charter schools, bringing the total …
… article calls Michigan’s public charter school sector “questionable” … “the study of Michigan’s [charter] schools…is less definitive … study says that the typical charter school student in Michigan … based on tracking individual charter school students’ test score … mentions that 80 percent of charters had average standardized …
… the Detroit school board were to charter all of Detroit's schools? This would … reform boardas authorizer of the charterswould periodically evaluate each … managers who can do better. When charter schools fail, they can be shut downunlike … goes on and on. It's time to try the charter option. Detroit's children deserve …
… problematic reporting on Michigan’s charter schools has raised eyebrows … impression that well-heeled anti-charter school interests in Michigan … resources to compete with charter school defenders, including … same story also suggested charter schools had declined to serve … students in neighborhoods where charters have largely declined to …
… districts and the state’s charter schools, where 75% of students … 2019, for every three dollars charter schools received per student, … with similar demographics to charters reveals an even starker divide. … taken in by the state’s 170 charters with the same criteria. The rest of the charter schools serving populations …
… the Democratic Party over charter schools. Her Dec. 30 column … the Democratic divide over charters, Berkshire blames it on “politics … Obama — himself a notable charter school supporter — gone from … declining attitudes toward charters, but not the consistent, … continuing to stand up for charters, declaring them “the loudest …
… of Detroit Schoolchildren, charter schools are also part of the problem. The report states, “Charter authorizers and charter school boards should improve … and better coordinate all charter schools.” The report also … removal of the state cap on charter schools and their expansion …
… settling into its new, more spacious Coldwater Road campus. The public charter school has shown significant growth in core academics. Now the opportunity … management company that employs its staff, on a range of support services; the charter is authorized by Ferris State University. The academy has just launched …
Detroit charter schools rightly merit attention for helping … Detroit student who attends a charter high school is more likely … Academies, which represents charter schools in the state, observed … for college enrollment were charter schools. The numbers come … Other notable examples of charter schools helping students beat …
… just released a piece on charter schools and Betsy DeVos. There … would get the impression that charter schools serve students poorly, … results of the research on charter schools “inconclusive.” In … that find positive results: charter schools greatly improving … dollars follow students to charter schools when they choose to …
… low-income students through public charter schools. On May 14, four … funds designed to help public charter schools open and grow. Michigan … "the number of high-quality charter schools serving at-risk populations." … taken in by Michigan schools. Charters serve 10% of the students … dollars. Counting all funds, charter schools receive 20% less per …
… it comes to the record of charter schools, Education Trust-Midwest … sector of public education: charter schools. It's appropriate … discussion about what more charter schools could do to help drive … express frustration that charters haven't raised the bar high … But to argue that Michigan charters are doing worse than other …
… National Heritage Academies K-8 charter schools. Just over half are … Even as the Grand Rapids charter school’s low-income population … Prep is one of five Michigan charter high schools affiliated through … professional development. As in many charter schools, instructors tend … anticipates a renewal of its charter in the coming months. Its …
The latest edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available. Topics include teacher pay, charter public school performance and school funding.
… of Flint, Center Academy charter school and Northern High School … important distinction between how charter schools authorizers handle … MLive recently as saying charter school authorizers should … of our bad schools, both charters and traditional schools?" he said. Charter authorizers in Michigan have …
… not happy about the pick. Charters, vouchers, tax credits and … generally support public charter schools, much of the critique … research available shows that charter schools in Michigan have been … the results of Michigan’s charter schools (CapCon has a few … words the performance of charter schools in the Motor City: …
… Michigan’s longest-standing charter schools, follows an intentional … Shalabi, the 2015 Michigan Charter School Administrator of the … training into the public charter space, where he could help … who start early into the charter program, he says, are best … requirements, behind two other charters. The high poverty rates …
… dismantling of the state’s charter school system. But in addition … notable critics of the state’s charter schools, such as Democrat … published studies on Michigan’s charter schools in 2013 and 2015. … 2015 study reported that charter school students in Detroit … that Detroit’s successful charter schools could serve as a model …
In charter schools policy debates like the ones this week in … fundamental distinction between charter public schools and district-run … lost: Every child in every charter school is there only because … on the number and type of charter schools. Such restrictions … essential characteristic of charters is kept it mind, many of …
… to 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 … more oversight of Michigan charters so she can have an easier … examples of states with the best charters. The reasons for our lagging …
… cap on 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 … of the Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers. Seventy percent of charter schools have waiting lists, …
… that students in Detroit charter schools attain a higher level … school district. Detroit charter school students outperformed … also shows that on average, charter school students had higher … and those attending public charter schools, as well as statewide … better than those attending charters in the city. According to …
… week the Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers sent a … his authority to suspend charter public school authorizers … Administrative Procedures Act. Charter school advocates said they … sometime this week to suspend charter school authorizers from opening additional charter schools due to poor academic …
The new issue of Michigan Education Digest is now available. Topics include charter public school success, Flint’s self-created overspending crisis and MEA politics.
… place for a child to be educated, and charter schools have been “disastrous” for … other than the Lions. But public charter schools are in Detroit, along with … they stack up against the district. Charter school students in Detroit, it said … conventional public schools. CREDO said the charter schools in Detroit should serve as …
… writer and frequent critic of charter schools Diane Ravitch wrote … blames free-market reforms and charter schools for the problems in … Michigan.” ForTheRecord says: Charter school opponents sometimes … The vast majority of public charter schools in Detroit don’t offer … Ravitch’s list of knocks against charters. Instead, in a city where …
… including the ability to close charters it deems unsuccessful. In … nationwide trade group for charter schools gave Michigan high … the health of its public charter school sector. For the second … National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranked Michigan third … high-need student population charters serve, their demonstrated …
… recommendation, it would mean all charter school students get state … are considered, the state’s charters, on average, already receive … But Michigan’s underfunded charters play an important role in … households (76% versus 48%). Charters educate large shares of students … commission that both highlighted charter school demographics and drew …
Public charter schools in Michigan are closing the performance … happening even though students at charter schools are more likely than … NAEP, was 218 for both public charter school and traditional public … indicate that the average charter student scored 232, while … reading and math, the scores of charter students have stayed the same …
… Ben DeGrow corrected the myth that charter schools do not serve students with … claim in one of her columns. Because charter schools are public, they may not … 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 …
As charter public school authorizers await details of sanctions … threatened for poorly performing charter schools, choice advocates … has threatened to suspend charter school authorizers’ ability … closed. In contrast, some charter school authorizers have closed charter schools due to students' poor …
… that students in Detroit charter schools do better than their … 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 … our school district, not charter schools, and ensuring that …
… on university-authorized charter public schools. The Mackinac … rights of parents to choose charter schools since 1988. Below … introduced the concept of charter schools to Michigan in 1988, … under consideration is to ‘charter’ new schools into the public system. But, unless ‘charter’ schools enjoy reasonable …
… academy" — also known as a charter school. But that isn’t the … limiting the number of public charter schools, or even shutting … financially dependent on them, charter schools represent a significant … failing school districts, charters may even be seen as an existential … recognized is that public charter schools also deplete potential …
… in Detroit who tried to prevent a charter school from using one of their vacated … Prep was a successful and growing charter school in 2017that needed more space. … types of schools, especially public charter schools, to serve children in Detroit. … vacant buildings solely to prevent a charter school from ever using it. A member …
… Grace Lee Boggs School is a charter school in Detroit that opened … statewide cap on the number of charters was repealed by the Legislature … public schools, including charter and district-run schools. … state tests than their nearby charter school peers. While only 6 … gap between district and charter schools in Detroit. The Nation's …
Education Policy Director 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 Journal.
… to close poor-performing charter schools. Crain’s reported: … taking a strong stance against charter schools with low test scores, … district schools. Public charter schools are a major source … how much better Detroit’s charter schools have performed compared … schools. CREDO says Detroit's charters are a model other communities …
… districts do. On the whole, charter schools and conventional districts … these purposes.[*] While charters educated 10% of public school … pension system, which very few charter schools participate in. Yet … Section 147 pension funds, charter schools still received only … recent years. The number of charter school students nearly doubled …
… Jalen Rose has become an education entrepreneur. In 2011, the former University of 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 …
… in school a year when in charter public schools compared to … students in the Detroit area. Charter public schools in Detroit … previously didn't exist. Charter public schools in Detroit … students, the third highest charter enrollment in the country … "While on average the Detroit charter students have higher learning …
… facility and opening a new public charter school there. The school board fears … coffers would wind up going to this new charter school instead. Of course, for this … choose to enroll their children in the charter school over schools run by the Brandon … district official says that the local charter school group is only offering one-sixth …
… years, leaving for schools in other districts or charter schools in the city. To prevent that, the district … the current owner to sell it to Detroit Prep Charter Academy, a highly rated school. Detroit Prep has … make proceeds from a sale. The district and the charter school are in a legal battle. Lawmakers, unsurprisingly, …
Recently, Michigan’s 186 charter schools have come under unfair … took a swipe at Michigan’s charter schools, telling the Lansing … from lacking accountability, charters actually meet one critical … to send their child to a charter school. If, for any reason, charter parents are unhappy, they …
… 2004, the National Heritage Academy charter school near the heart of Detroit … in grades six through eight. The charter school similarly beat expectations … teachers in their improvement. As charter schools that don't serve as a default … Center report card, the network of charter schools also rated highly as a whole. …
… a growing number of anti-charter school voices when it stated … and particularly Detroit, charter operators exist in the absence … regulations to which Michigan charters are subject: Charter schools are closed if their … closed for academic reasons. Charter schools are subject to the …
… that would do the same for charter public schools is stalled … schools universities may charter by 25 each year over the next … total of 225 university-chartered schools by the end of the … authorization for 48 new charter schools to be open for the … the number of university-chartered schools to 158, eight over …
… criticism lobbed against charter public schools is that they … it’s true that historically charters have had relatively fewer … education enrollments in charters are up dramatically. According … students whose parents chose charter schools had special education … more students with disabilities in charters in 2011 (10,927) compared …
… unfettered expansion of failing charter schools, and now by refusing … ForTheRecord says: The notion that charter schools are popping up "unfettered" … took office, there were 247 charter schools in Michigan. In 2012, … lifted an artificial cap on charters and by 2015-16, there were 302 charter schools. But in the last three …
… arbitrary cap on the number of charter public schools that state … parental choice are arguing that charters do not perform well on average. … showing good results from charters. Specifically, they often … suggests only 17 percent of charters out-performed conventional … worse. Although no Michigan charters were included, this study …
… He characterized Michigan charter schools as corrupt and harmful. … choice options are confined to charter schools, but the performance … DeVos. “Eight out of 10 charter schools in MI perform below … average; 70 percent of Detroit’s charter schools rank in the bottom … socio-economic status of most Michigan charter school students in their analyses. …
One mid-Michigan charter school striving not to be defined by its past has begun to see the payoff for changing its attitude and approach. While the state of Michigan still officially recognizes the Saginaw Preparatory Academy as a low-achievement “Priority school,” more of its students are demonstrating …
The state charter school association is calling for an apology … who equated the motives of charter school managers and employees … 24 column critical of the charter school industry, Free Press … Dickerson said, “But the charter industry’s interest in the … drinkers to buy their product; charter school operators want students …
… news site that claimed that charter schools were serving middle … reduced-lunch eligible students in charter schools than in conventional public school districts. Charter schools had 69.8 percent of students … trying to paint a picture of charter schools that is misleading," … said." In general, many charter schools are serving students …
Charter public schools in Michigan have been blamed by many … prohibit creating or authorizing charter schools within the district. … into 2014, it states, “No Charter Schools.” The memo was approved … districts and unions can't stop charter schools from opening in their … City have all authorized charter schools to operate within …
… voted to repeal a cap on charter public schools, Democrats … unlimited number” of “for-profit” charter schools would put students … National Alliance for Public Charter Schools finds that while Michigan has the fifth most charter school students in the country … leads the nation with 547,800 charter school students. Nationwide, …
… attending Michigan’s public charter schools come from low-income … comprised 70 percent of the charter school student population, … candidate Hillary Clinton that charter schools don’t take the "hardest … original idea behind the charter schools … was to learn what … couple of problems. Most charter schools, I don't want to say …
… families whose children attend charter schools and spoke to the Mackinac … proposal to limit public charter schools in the city. The Mackinac … who has had experience with charter schools first as a father … centralizing control of Detroit's charter and conventional public schools … schools, whether any new charter schools could open in the …
… fixed by corralling public charter schools and school contractors … MPSERS. Currently, most charter school employees, because … technically employed directly by charter school boards, do not participate … participating in MPSERS, most charter school and support service … fact, more parents choosing charter schools and districts opting …
… participate in full-time, online charter “cyber schools” is now pending … appears that most online charter dollars go for the same things … for the Michigan Virtual Charter Academy devotes about 61 percent … surprisingly, the online charter has greater information technology … contractor for this. Like all charter schools, it also has to pay …
… of two boys, chooses to send her seven-year-old son to a Detroit-area charter school in Roseville. Though some nonprofit organizations are urging the … Detroit from Warren, and her son will continue to attend the Roseville charter school. The move is possible for her family, Putnam says, because she will …
… auditor general scrutinized charter school procedures of Central Michigan University, charter school opponents hoped for … to undermine support for charter schools. Instead, they got … education reform, not less. Charter schools were introduced three … independent, publicly funded charter schools educate nearly 20,000 …
The new edition of Michigan Education Digest is now online. Topics include charter public school success, Brighton release time and school board elections.
… of new study of Michigan’s charter public schools by Stanford … and in the process blames charter public schools for serving … study that 80 percent of charter public schools in Michigan … Using this statistic to claim charter public schools in Michigan … should expect most Michigan’s charter public schools to score below …
… the limit on the number of charter schools in Michigan, it would … so without regard to the charter movement's current track record. The move to expand charters comes at a time when new … performance on the part of the charter schools we already have, not … of fiscal crisis. So far, charters have failed at the two main …
… arbitrary caps on the number of charter public schools contains a … ill-conceived and dangerous.” No charter public school has ever “inflicted” … only children who attend charters are those whose parents have … itself increase the number of charters — that requires parents, … the cap on the number of charters allowed — the market determines …
… collections agencies. Vernuccio also discussed the matter on "The Frank Beckmann Show" on WJR AM760. Education Policy Director Audrey Spalding discussed charter public school student performance and the college readiness of Michigan high school graduates.
… wetzel@mackinac.org MIDLAND — Michigan charter school parents are satisfied … very likely to recommend charter schools to other parents, … survey of more than 1,400 charter school parents across the … considerable support for charter schools: 91 percent of parents were likely to recommend charter schools to others. When asked …
… conventional school district systems to charter schools. "Under Proposal … continue to open more and more charters and cyber charters, we are dissipating the head … "we" in terms of opening charter and cyber schools, she was … politicians do in assuming charter schools get their students …
… the troubled Highland Park School District, the charter school management company now overseeing the district … solutions." But the ACLU did more than just add the charter school company as a defendant. The ACLU said the … lawsuit about poor performance, or is it about charter companies running failed public schools?" Spalding …
… 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 …
… 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. … Manoogian school received a charter from Central Michigan University … one of Michigan’s oldest charter schools. The school is managed …
… asked about accountability of charter public schools. He said parents … top decision makers that charter schools need more oversight. … his authority to suspend charter authorizers that don’t measure … Free Press was critical of charter schools. Austin also cited … Education, as saying that if a charter school doesn’t outperform …
… restrictions or an outright ban on charter public schools and the entities that authorize ("charter") them. The bills are part … a time when the number of charter schools in the state has expanded … authorized by the most common chartering entity, state universities. This year an additional 17 charter schools opened, while 11 were …
Michigan charter public schools have "generous" state funding … October 2013 report. Yet, charter public schools receive $691 … Moody's description that charter school funding is "generous," … under is a revenue problem. Charter public schools face the same … state. However, only four charter public schools (1.5 percent …
… with one exception – online charter schools. Whitmer proposes … time Whitmer has singled out charter schools. Whitmer’s 2023 budget … districts, excluded most charter schools. Charter school teachers are often … exception of students in online charter schools. “Gov. Whitmer’s …
… some of the core principles upon which Morey Charter School of Shepherd, founded in 1997 by Michigan … traveling up to 40 miles each day for school. The Charter School Office of Central Michigan University provides … administrative experience to the school. Morey Charter School has proved to be a rewarding environment …
… support expanding the number of charter public schools. That’s the … limit or eliminate their charter school competition. These anti-charter claims take various forms. … for a common complaint of charter opponents, that charters here spend “substantially …
… legislature recommended 130 more charters be allowed in the state-but … allowing more regulation of charter schools. A bill produced from … agreement on whether to lift the charter cap. On April 10, the commission … increasing the number of charters. Of the 130 additional university-authorized charters envisioned, five "conventional" …
… 1994 law introduced public charter schools to the state of Michigan. … time, about 30 percent of the charters that have opened their doors … conventional public schools, charters have no semi-monopoly on … public school provides. If a charter school fails to deliver, then … else. If enough parents at a charter school do this, the school …
… two children to a public charter school in the city, something … dramatically in Detroit. Charter schools are now the most popular … numerous studies showing public charter schools in the city achieve … Academy of Detroit. That charter school’s student body is almost … public schools in Detroit than charters, according to the National …
… Michigan is enrolled in either a charter school or a school of choice. … 120,000 were enrolled in public charter schools and 99,301 attended … only point the finger at charter schools. Moody's Investors … a report Oct. 15 titled, "Charter Schools Pose Growing Risks … claimed in an editorial that charter schools are destroying public …
… 2004, Walter French Academy charter school in Lansing closed after … $3 million more than the charter public school and was ordered … 2010, didn't want any more charter public schools added in the … "stricter accountability" with charter schools when they were launched … However, there have been 77 charter schools that have closed since …
… legislation that completes the charter public school policy they … plan, a moratorium on new charter schools would be imposed until … September, would put the charter school moratorium in place. … 5696 — would provide the new charter school "transparency and accountability" … schools – traditional and charter – and hopes that is a discussion …
… because of her support for a proposed charter school for minority students. Wingfield … board's January meeting. The academy, a charter school designed to serve Flint's … maintained that the support for a charter school neglected Kehoe's responsibility … Board of Education is already in the charter school business," says academy board …