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The federal Charter Schools Program: A short, opinionated history, part I

Lynn Norman-Teck
Professional development
#ChristyWolf, about charter schools, charter school success, Education Reform, The moonshot for kids project
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by Chester E. Finn, Jr. This essay is part of the The Moonshot for Kids project, a joint initiative of the Fordham Institute and the Center for American Progress. It will run in three parts, with the second and third appearing in future issues of the Education Gadfly Weekly. With four billion dollars of funding…
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The success of chartering is in its innovation

Lynn Norman-Teck
Research & Publications
#TRUMP, about charter schools, Bruno V Manno, charter school facts, Clinton, Obama, Walton Family Foundation
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By Bruno V. Manno – June 27, 2019   Earlier this year, a USA Today piece reported that the charter school strategy is “facing a reckoning,” adding that “the rollback on charters is well underway.” Not really. No doubt, today’s charter political environment is precarious. Charter openings declined steadily from their 2013 peak of 642…
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3 Things You May Not Know About Charter Schools

Lynn Norman-Teck
Research & Publications
#credo, about charter schools, charter school achievement, charter school facts
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EducationPost – Posted May 29, 2019 in Charter Schools Sarah Tantillo is Managing Director of Humanities at the Great Oaks Legacy Charter Schools.       Recently, when I announced the release of my newest book on charter schools, a woman I know from the gym wrote me: “So sorry, Sarah—but as a PUBLIC SCHOOL…
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