All Entries Tagged With: "KIPP"
Is Profit Dead?
For-profit companies rushed into the public school market at the same time charters first took hold. Has the experiment run its course?
Go Inside KIPP
Newark’s RISE Academy is part of KIPP, the country’s largest network of charter schools.
A Tale of Two Charters
In Newark, N.J., two different charter schools are competing for students and resources, prompting many to question how we should shape the charter school landscape.
The Jay Mathews Band
One big question at this conference is about replication–not whether, but how to replicate successful charter models like KIPP in other struggling public school districts.
A panel of heavy hitters in the charter school world led by Jay Mathews, Washington Post education columnist, set out to tackle that issue head on.
Mathews, not surprisingly, was undaunted by the notion [...]
Replay of Live Coverage of Joel Klein’s Keynote Address
<a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=693cde992f” mce_href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=693cde992f” >Live Coverage of National Charter Schools Conference</a>
First group of Chicago charter schools unionized
A couple of press people from the 1.4 million member American Federation of Teachers came into the conference’s newsroom to let us know that a group of Chicago charter schools have voted, after a protracted battle with their administrators, to unionize. Union representatives are not among the more well-represented groups here at the National Charter [...]
First Impressions: RISE
I confess, before I started the News21 fellowship I had never written an education story, or entered a school as a reporter. The only story remotely close to education I’ve covered was the Police Athletic League’s push this past year to give 16-year-old teenagers elected to New York’s community boards a qualifying vote. And I [...]
How Do D.C.’s Charter Schools Serve Special Needs Students?
Washington, D.C.’s public schools serve one of the highest percentages of special needs populations in the country. The nation’s capital has long had neglected special education facilities and trouble funding the more expensive services that this population requires. As a result, a few charter schools have opened up in the District to serve the needs [...]
