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Michigan Charter School Wars

… 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: …

In Detroit schools, nothing succeeds like failure

Conventional schools get more money to do worse, while charter schools do better with less

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 …

Inaccurate Claims Buoy Attacks On Charter Public Schools

'There is no such thing as a "for-profit" charter school in Michigan'

… 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,” …

A Response to the New York Times About Charter Schools in Michigan

… 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 …

Michigan Families Flock to Charter Schools During COVID

Nation’s 30th anniversary of first charter law finds bright future

… 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 …

Charter Schools a Valuable Investment for Taxpayers

Charters prove more cost effective and produce larger ROI

… 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 …

Don't Trust Ed-Trust on Charter Schools

Group seeks ed reform, but misses mark on charters

… 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 …

Michigan Charter School Growth Modest Since Limits Lifted In 2011

Opponents predicted a charter ‘in every neighborhood’

… 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 …

For First Time Ever, Fewer Michigan Charter Schools

More than a dozen charters closed for poor academics, but zero district schools

… 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 …

Charters Top List Of Detroit’s Best Public High Schools

City’s 3 best were charters

… 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 …

Measuring the Value of Charter Schools

… 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 …

Michigan Education Digest

Charter oversight, Saginaw pay cut

The newest edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available online. Topics include charter public school oversight, enrollment declines and Saginaw teachers’ pay cut.

This Fall Will Be the First Time There are Fewer Charter Schools

'Flood' of charters claim doesn't hold water

… 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 …

Unionizing Charter Schools Goes Nowhere In Michigan

The failure may explain why Democrats oppose charters

… 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 …

'Reckless Expansion' of Charter Schools? Not Quite

Just four more Michigan charters in three years

… 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 …

Huffington Post Gets it Wrong ... Again

Story mischaracterizes study on Michigan charters

… 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 …

Detroit Should Charter Its Schools

… the Detroit school board were to charter all of Detroit's schools? This would … reform board—as authorizer of the charters—would periodically evaluate each … managers who can do better. When charter schools fail, they can be shut down—unlike … goes on and on. It's time to try the charter option. Detroit's children deserve …

New York Times Wrong: Detroit Charter Schools Didn't 'Desert' Kids, the City Did

Mayor and city council banned selling shuttered schools to charters serving neediest children

… 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 …

Charter Schools Get Real Short End of Funding Stick

Lawmakers should narrow the funding gap between charter and district schools

… 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 …

Democratic Minority Voters Overwhelmingly Favor School Choice

Don’t downplay party’s racial divide on charter schools

… 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 …

Detroit Charter School Students Gaining Months of Extra Education Per Year

But coalition is critical of charters

… 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 …

Northridge Academy Still Growing Strong

Beating odds the beginning for Flint charter school

… 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 Charters Send More Graduates to College Than Peers Do

Longer-term outcomes back up test-score advantages for charter schools

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 …

A Case Study in Anti-School Choice Activist Journalism

CQ Magazine’s bizarre sliming of DeVos, charters

… 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 …

Anti-Choice State Board Rejects Funds from Top-Rated Grant Application

No defense for vote to refuse federal charter school funds

… 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 …

Cherry-Picking Michigan Charter Data Leads to Wrong Conclusions

Based on the best evidence, charter schools are a net benefit

… 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 …

Wellspring Prep Growing Strong

Diverse Grand Rapids charter readies kids for college

… 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 …

Michigan Education Digest

Teacher pay, charter public school performance

The latest edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available. Topics include teacher pay, charter public school performance and school funding.

Michigan Charter Schools Closing While Failing Conventional Schools Stay Open

Analyst: 'That is how charter schools are held accountable'

… 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 …

How the New York Times Distorts the Performance of Detroit Charters

Best available research shows Detroit charter schools are successful

… 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: …

Central Academy Excels on High School Report Card

Ann Arbor charter builds cultural awareness, character

… 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 …

‘The 74’ Repeats Anti-Charter School Rhetoric, Misses On Facts

Researchers praised Detroit charters, website translates that as ‘profiteering’ and no improvement

… 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 …

The Difference With Charter Schools

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 …

Another Charter School Critic Misses the Mark

Accountability? Failed charter schools are closed; no record of same for district schools

… 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 …

School Choice Advocates Cheer Lift of Charter Public School Cap

Bill contains 'extra level of accountability' for school performance

… 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, …

The Numbers Are In: Detroit Charters Outperform Detroit District Schools

Detroit charter school students also have higher graduation and college attendance rates

… 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 …

Charter School Group Warns State Superintendent

A decision to suspend charter authorizers not within the law

… 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 …

Michigan Education Digest

Charter school success, MEA politics

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.

Detroit School Boss: Charter Schools Are ‘Disastrous’

While his own district is nation’s worst, charter students do measurably better

… 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 …

No Sports At Charters? Good Teams Can’t Undo A Poor School

Charter schools in Detroit short on sports but most outperform on academics

… 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 …

Healthy Charter Sector Belies Need for Commission, Extra Regulation

… 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 …

Civil Rights Commission Attacks Minority Parents’ Choices

New report wildly misses the mark on charter public schools

… 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 …

Latest Test Scores Show Charter Schools Closing Gap

Charter public schools more likely than conventional districts to enroll low-income students

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 …

Detroit Free Press, USA Today Publish Letter Dispelling Charter School Myth

Charter schools may not refuse students selectively

… 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 …

State Can’t Name Any School Closed for Poor Performance

But applies double-standard to charters

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 …

Detroit Public Schools Super Responds To ‘Charter Students Outperform’ Report

Vitti: We serve more special ed students, charters no silver bullet, state hasn’t helped

… 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 …

Arbitrary Cap on Charter Schools Lifted

… 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 …

Charter Schools Cost Unions Millions in Dues

Every charter teacher costs unions about $1,000 a year

… 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 …

House Bill 5025 does not fix any problems, creates new ones

Measure would let school districts block charter schools and others, from using discarded school buildings

… 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 …

Detroit Public Schools' Collapse Preceded Charter School Expansion

Lehman: Restricting charters to save failed DPS 'a moral question'

… 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 …

Center Education Policy Expert in Wall Street Journal

Michael Van Beek on the success of Michigan's charter public schools

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.

Dem Candidate For Governor Says: Preserve Failed Detroit Schools, Close Charters

District schools unionized, charters not — and teachers unions a major Dem funding source

… 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 …

Growing Inequalities Between Districts and Charters

… 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, Education Entrepreneur

… 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 …

Charter Public Schools Give Detroit Schoolchildren Hope

Stanford University study finds charter pupils gain an extra three months of learning

… 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 …

Politics Alive and Well in Public Schools

Brandon board won't sell vacant building to charter group

… 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 …

Detroit Ignores State Law, Turns Down Money to Avoid Selling Abandoned School

Detroit Public Schools Community District enforces deed restriction against charter

… 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, …

Time to Stop Beating Up on Charter Schools

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 …

Hamtramck Academy Tops Mackinac Report Card

NHA charter school aims high, beats odds, busts myths

… 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. …

Charter Schools ‘Unregulated?’ Only If You Ignore All Those Rules

New York nonprofit gets the anti-charter buzzwords right, misses the real story

… 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 …

Schools-of-Choice Law Broadened

But Charter School Expansion Is Stalled

… 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 …

Charters Increase Special-Ed Enrollment

… 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 …

Mr. Dem House Leader, You're Still Not Entitled to Your Own Facts

No 'unfettered' charter school expansion; no school 'funding cuts'

… 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 …

Cherry-Picking Charter School Research

… 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 …

School Choice Opponents Recycle Myths as Trump Picks DeVos for Education

No myth: Most children in charters learn more than peers in district schools

… 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. …

How Saginaw Prep Turned Around Academically

Charter school shedding 'priority' label

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 …

Charter School Group Demands Apology from Detroit Free Press Columnist

Dickerson compared charters to liquor monopolists

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 …

Superintendents Falsely Claim Charter Schools Shortchange Poor Children

State data shows charters serving higher percentage of low-income students than traditional public schools

… 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 …

School District, Union Working Together to Try to Ban Charter Schools

Prohibitive language written into union contract that says union, district agree not to authorize or open a charter could violate state law

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 …

Charter School Growth in Michigan is Not the 'Wild, Wild West'

There are 48 more charter schools since cap was lifted in 2011

… 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, …

Hillary Clinton Dead Wrong: Charter Schools Must and Do Take 'Hardest to Teach'

Charters teach more low-income students, not fewer

… 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 …

Detroit Charter School Parents: Don’t Take Away Our Freedom to Choose

'Let them flourish' says parent about charter schools

… 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 …

Don’t Milk Charter Schools for Pension Contributions

… 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 …

Online Charter School Spending Trends

… 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 …

Meet Toya Putnam, Charter School Parent

… 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 …

Charter School Audit Suggests Need for More Education Reform

… 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 …

Michigan Education Digest

Media fails on charter public school reporting

The new edition of Michigan Education Digest is now online. Topics include charter public school success, Brighton release time and school board elections.

Huffington Post Blames Charter Schools for Serving Poor Kids

… 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 …

Are charter schools improving student performance? NO

The verdict is still out on charter performance, innovation

… 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 …

Free Press Misleads on Charter Schools

… 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 …

Vernuccio, Spalding on WILS in Lansing

Discussed MEA attacks on teachers, charter schools

… 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.

Michigan Parents and Voters Strongly Support School Choice

Charter school parents extremely satisfied and voters favor expanding school choice options

… 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 …

Charter Schools Not At Fault For Conventional School Failures

Charter schools open because parents want choices

… 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 …

Charter School Results Proving ACLU Lawsuit Wrong

Highland Park students improve math, reading scores after charter public school company took over

… 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 …

More Charter Public School Expansion

… 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 …

Science Teacher Thrives in Transition to Charter School

Manoogian’s flexibility unleashes electric car program for students

… 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 …

State Board Prez Fights Parental Choice

A growing push back against charter schools

… 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 …

Democratic Lawmakers Target Charter Public Schools, School Choice

State Dems introduce twice as many laws to restrict charter schools than to fund roads

… 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 …

Contrary to Report, Charter Schools Get Less Money Per Pupil Than Conventional Schools

Media runs with faulty claim that charter public schools at fault for conventional schools financial problems

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 …

Whitmer budget would slash funding for online charter schools

Whitmer’s 2024 budget proposes a 20% funding cut for Michigan’s online charter schools

… 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 …

Willoughby charts a course for excellence

Morey Charter School the right choice for accomplished junior

… 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 …

Charter Schools Average Smaller Class Sizes

Less top heavy than conventional schools, too

… 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 …

New charter plan expected

First charter bill fails in House, legislature likely to revisit this spring

… 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" …

No Accountability? 30 Percent of Detroit's Charter Schools Have Closed

22 charters have shuttered since 1994

… 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 …

Detroit Education Scene: A March To School Choice

Parents of more Detroit kids now saying ‘yes’ to a charter school and ‘no’ to the school district

… 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 …

Almost 220,000 Michigan Public School Students Rely On School Choice

Charter public schools blamed for problems with traditional public schools, but parents choose charters and other alternatives for their kids

… 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 …

Hypocritical Outrage Over Conventional Schools Closed Versus Charter Public Schools

Overspending sinks some public schools; 77 charter schools have been closed

… 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 …

Effort to Short Circuit School Choice Laid Out

Charter moratorium bills becoming a full legislative package

… 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 …

Union Official, School Board President Cease Demands for Trustee's Resignation

Full Board Honors Charter School Supporter

… 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 …