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The Latest Breaking News from Charter Schools

Zoning Laws Make Child Care Unaffordable in Utah

Child care centers should have the same development flexibility as charter schools.

Reason

Top Kentucky education official says he's unlikely to defend charter school law

WEKU

Amid Hillsdale fallout, Tenn. staffers fretted about optics

Tennessee state staffers watched intently this summer while local school officials voted down a contentious Hillsdale College-linked charter school

The Independent UK

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Former White House aide Seth Andrew gets year in prison for stealing from NYC charter school

NEW YORK — A former education adviser to the Obama administration was sentenced to one year in prison Thursday for stealing more than $218,000 from the network of New York City charter schools he founded.

Tribune News Service

CPS cites Urban Prep, celebrated all-boys Chicago charter school, for ‘dismal’ financial management

The privately operated, publicly funded school has used cash advances and “predatory loans” for funding, city school officials say. Urban Prep leaders say its financial issues are resolved.

Chicago Sun-Times

North Carolina charter school’s skirt requirement violated female students’ rights, court rules

The school’s founder said the skirt requirement was part of the school’s ‘chivalry’ policy, which described females as being a ‘fragile vessel’

The Independent UK

Can a State-Funded Charter School Require Female Students to Wear Skirts?

Perhaps the real question is whether such a school is a state actor for purposes of Section 1983. The en banc Fourth Circuit says it is, so that a skirt requirement for girls is unlawful.

Reason

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Oklahoma Governor Attacks School Choice With Trans Bathroom Panic Law

Charter schools are included in the mandate that students use facilities of their birth sex, regardless of what students and families might want.

Reason

Facing Education Crisis, Biden Admin Seeks to Restrict Charter Schools

This is what public policy looks like when a major political party plays kissy-face with public sector unions.

Reason

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics

Welcome to Hall Pass. This newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance. Each week, we bring you a roundup of the latest on school board elections, along with sharp commentary and research from across the political spectrum on the issues confronting school boards in…

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School Choice Helps LGBT Students in Alabama

The answer for students who feel unwelcome or underserved where they are is to expand the schooling market.

Reason

Don’t burden charter schools with tighter rules on federal funding

Our students come from the most challenging communities. No matter their situation, LEARN Charter Network offers these scholars, and their families, a beacon of hope.

Chicago Sun-Times

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