… 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 …
… 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,” …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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: …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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 …
The newest edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available online. Topics include charter public school oversight, enrollment declines and Saginaw teachers’ pay cut.
… month that could regulate charter schools out of existence. … false claims about lack of charter school transparency. And this … regulations, for Michigan’s charter schools. But as public entities … Freedom of Information Act, charter schools must comply with the … state of the law. Michigan charter schools are subject to FOIA, …
… 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 …
… 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: …
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 …
… 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 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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, …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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’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 new issue of Michigan Education Digest is now available. Topics include charter public school success, Flint’s self-created overspending crisis and MEA politics.
The latest edition of Michigan Education Digest is now available. Topics include teacher pay, charter public school performance and school funding.
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… 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 …
