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MIDLAND — The launch of a new public charter high school in Beaver County takes several leaps forward this week, as Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School (MITCS) announced it is receiving a major grant and two significant donations that will further its work. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS) revealed MITCS as one of three sub-grantees who may receive as much as $1.5 million each through Pennsylvania’s Charter School Program (PACSP) Grant. This award marks the inaugural year of the grant award that will support the development, expansion an...

Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School Secures Major Funding New charter school initiative receives support from Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, PGT Trucking, and C.J. Betters News provided by Share this article Share this article MIDLAND, Pa., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The development and launch of a new public charter high school is taking several leaps forward this week, as Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School (MITCS) announced it is receiving a major grant and two significant donations that will further its work. On Monday, the Pennsylvania Coalition...

TDOE Charter School Expansion Grants Awarded To 15 Applicants Awards Will Fund 8,800 New Charter School Seats For Tennessee Students Friday, May 7, 2021 The Tennessee Department of Education on Friday announced that 15 applicants have been awarded subgrants under the Charter School Expansion Grant, including two in Hamilton County. These funds are intended to support sponsors throughout the planning, design, application, and potential launch of new charter schools in the state.  These subgrants will fund up to 8,800 new charter school seats that, subject to authorizer approval, will be...

NationofChange Where the Federal government’s charter school program went wrong The program gives millions to schools that disrupt rather than improve a system of public education that needs to serve all students. From the outset, charter schools were somewhat of a blind man’s elephant—people saw in them whatever they wanted—but two competing theories that helped propel the charter movement were that the schools would serve as laboratories for experimenting with new education approaches that could be shared with public school districts, or that charters were cr...