The Walton Family Foundation today announced a $25.5 million investment in the KIPP Foundation with the goal of doubling the number of students attending KIPP public charter schools by 2015. The money, which will be provided during the next five years, also is intended to ...More
The popularity and steady growth of the charter school movement is documented in a new market share report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. According to enrollment numbers from the 2010-11 school year, a record six school districts have at least 30 ...More
The U.S. Department of Education last week awarded charter school grants totaling $4.79 million to 26 applicants in 10 states for planning, program design, initial implementation and dissemination of best practices. ...More
After nine years in cramped quarters, Excel Academy Charter School in East Boston will have a spacious new home next year. The school has purchased a 19,210-square-foot school building that formerly housed the St. Mary of the Sea School and an adjacent convent building from ...More
Two-year growth in the number of charter schools in Flagstaff, Ariz., appears to have contributed to a 9 percent reduction in enrollment in the Flagstaff Unified School District (FUSD). The district has lost nearly 1,000 students during that time, including 500 this fall. ...More
The Leona Group recently added fine arts and academic spaces to South Pointe High School in Phoenix. Additions include classroom spaces, a media lab, performing and fine arts spaces, a science lab and a weight room, according to building partner Decca Commercial Builders ...More
Interest in establishing new charter schools in Florida remains high, with the Florida Department of Education indicating a 38 percent increase in charter school applications across the state. The state’s school districts have received 348 charter school applications for ...More
Funding the Gap, an Arizona-based charter school capital advisory and real estate services firm, was launched today to help close the funding gap that exists between traditional public district schools and charter schools, company officials announced. The firm will ...More
Former President Bill Clinton will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award June 21 from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) and make remarks during the National Charter Schools Conference in Atlanta. The conference will run June 20-23. ...More
Tennis great Andre Agassi has partnered with Canyon Capital Realty Advisors to create the Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF) with a goal to build $500 million in charter school facilities across the nation. The plan is to facilitate the development of ...More
The December 2011 issue of CSI examines the impact of blended learning, including 10 reasons why it is a smart strategy for charter schools and insight from Carpe Diem Schools and Rocketship Education. Additional stories focus on crisis management and securing philanthropic funding.
