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Critics of the proposal say the rules are overly restrictive and would stymie the growth of charter schools, whose 3.6 million students are largely Black and Hispanic.

Three Senate Democrats have joined the Republicans who are raising alarm over the U.S. Department of Education’s plan to revamp the federal Charter Schools Program — a proposal that advocates say will cut off support for independent charters predominantly serving Black and Hispanic students. The proposed rule would allow “federal reviewers to ignore state and […]

The Biden administration’s proposed rules offer a test of charters’ political power.

See previous 74 Interviews: Andrew Rotherham on the Virginia governor’s race, pollster David Paleologos on the 2022 elections, and historian Daryl Scott on the debate over how we teach history. The full archive is here.  Jonathan Chait has been writing about the fraught politics of education reform for over a decade. The veteran political columnist […]

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut are rallying against a Biden administration push to add new conditions for charter school federal funding, arguing the move would be overly burdensome and make funding difficult to qualify for.  In a letter sent April 18, Sununu joined 17 other Republican governors in […]

Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis blasted the Department of Educations proposed charter school regulation as "confounding" in an op-ed Friday, saying the proposed rule would reduce the availability of quality education.

Gov. Chris Sununu and Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut are rallying against a Biden administration push to add new conditions for charter school federal funding

Gov. Chris Sununu and Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut are rallying against a Biden administration push to add new conditions for charter school federal funding, arguing the move would be overly burdensome and make funding difficult...

Gov. Chris Sununu and Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut are rallying against a Biden administration push to add new conditions for charter school federal funding, arguing the move would be overly burdensome and make funding difficult to qualify for. 

In a letter sent April 18, Sununu joined 17 other Republican governors in opposing the new administrative rules, which are on their way to final approval. Public comment for the rules closed April 14.