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Several years ago, Barbara Luna Merchan, who’s now 13, learned about a charter school that would open in Danbury. She begged her mom to enroll her when she was entering middle school. She thought it would be an opportunity to finally feel safe at school away from bullying. She thought a smaller class size would change feeling invisible in the classroom. She thought a charter school would be a better space to keep learning English. 

The school, which CT officials approved in 2018, is caught in the middle of debates over whether it's a good option for struggling students.

A proposed charter school in this CT city is the one left off the state budget. Parents and students are asking why.

Michigan has the highest percentage of charter schools run by for-profit corporations in the nation. Michigan must pass legislation that increases transparency for charter schools says the former president of the State Board of Education.

Florida is one of just three states in which the majority of charter school students are in schools run by for-profit corporations. The executive director of the Network for Public Education writes that the profit motive in education is failing children.

From insider deals to real estate flips, the problems with charter schools run by for-profit corporations can’t be ignored. And growth in this sector is accelerating as operators use lax regulations and complicated corporate schemes to harvest public dollars from publicly-funded charter schools. Those are the findings of a new

The event, which serves as a fundraiser for the school to purchase playground equipment in the future, will take place Saturday, May 28 at the school.

Eighteen Republican governors slammed Monday the Biden administration's effort to restrict federal grants to charter schools, accusing the administration of seeking to position itself as a "national charter school board."

Eighteen Republican governors slammed Monday the Biden administration's effort to restrict federal grants to charter schools, accusing the administration of seeking to position itself as a "national charter school board."

Teachers, nonprofits and progressive activists are organizing new counteroffensives against Republican bids to limit classroom discussions on race and gender.