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Nina Rees wasn’t the first person to lead the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. But her tenure witnessed the sector’s largest growth as well as some of the harshest attacks from critics who see charters as a threat to traditional public schools. Her announcement last month to leave the position she’s held since 2012 […]

Nina Rees, president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, joins the Students Over Systems podcast

Biden says his budgets are a statement of his values, but his bloated budget fails to address the priorities of the American people.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit that seeks to protect charter schools across the United States filed a motion Dec. 14 aims to leapfrog the government federal’s attempt to have the lawsuit dismissed.

The U.S. Senate on Dec. 14 rejected a measure that would have repealed a new federal rule that ...

The government’s grant requirements, Pacific Legal Foundation says, “contradict Congress’ directive to create high-quality charter schools.”

The Senate is expected to vote this week on a resolution to “nullify the Biden administration’s new rules adding burdensome requirements” on charter schools in applying for federal grants. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and 21 co-sponsors introduced Joint Resolution 60 in September.

A coalition of charter-school advocacy organizations has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block new restrictions on charter schools imposed by the Biden administration, claiming the new rules are “without legal grounding” and “a sneak attack” on charter schools.

Your vote in the November election will help determine if Maine continues its policy of funding private schools, thereby requiring Maine to fund private religious schools.

America's confidence in its public schools is sagging to historic lows.