Charter Schools

Parents, students and educators across the nation are celebrating National Charter Schools Week this week. (Getty Image)

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Charter school movement is growing

Jason Russell · May 7, 2015 3:47 pm

School closures are often denounced as hurting public education. (Getty Images)

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Urban school closures help students academically

Jason Russell · May 4, 2015 7:26 pm

Portable funding, also known as "backpack funding" because it follows the child, was included as an option in a draft bill and a K-12 education reform bill that passed the House education committee in February. (AP Photo)Â

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Dems stubbornly refuse to embrace any form of school choice

Jason Russell · April 11, 2015 9:00 am

The most important factor in whether a school stays open or closed should be whether there are enough students to keep the school viable. (AP Photo)Â

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Should government close ‘bad’ charter schools?

Jason Russell · April 9, 2015 7:37 pm

The Center for Education Reform, which grades charter laws in every state, says Alabama's charter law would earn a "mediocre grade." [AP Photo

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Another state joins the charter school movement

Jason Russell · March 20, 2015 4:42 pm

Do your state laws support charter schools?

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Do your state laws support charter schools?

Jason Russell · March 17, 2015 8:23 pm

In several ways, charter schools are more accountable to their students than traditional public schools.Â

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We need more urban charter schools, not fewer

Jason Russell · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

Teachers' unions are attacking charter schools for supposedly "cherry-picking" which students to admit. (iStock Photo)

Damaging admissions

Thomas Sowell · February 17, 2015 7:37 pm

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Charter leader calls Obama out for school choice hypocrisy

Jason Russell · February 9, 2015 6:40 pm

Flexibility for schools is key in No Child Left Behind debate

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Flexibility for schools is key in No Child Left Behind debate

Jason Russell · February 3, 2015 9:31 pm

Teachers' unions are attacking charter schools for supposedly "cherry-picking" which students to admit. (iStock Photo)

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School choice movement showing remarkable growth

Jason Russell · January 29, 2015 9:35 pm

The program allowed students to rank five options of secondary schools, with the Ministry of Education assigning schools in order to avoid over-enrollment and maintain socio-economic balance. (iStock)

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Israel’s school choice success holds lessons for U.S.

Jason Russell · January 12, 2015 8:23 pm