This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. After listening to nearly two hours of public comment in a statehouse hearing room, GOP Sen. Chris Garten’s support for more funding for ...

A study of charter schools in Massachusetts shows charter students in the state are significantly more likely to enroll in a four-year college and earn a degree compared with their noncharter peers, ...

A new study of charter schools in Massachusetts has identified strikingly positive academic results. The paper, released last week through the National Bureau of Economic Research, finds that charter ...

New York City charter-school students blew away their competition at regular public schools on state reading- and math-proficiency exams for grades 3-8. zetaschools/Instagram ...

The Bronx is learning — at least in charter schools. Students from charter schools in the borough’s poorest neighborhoods, including the South Bronx, excelled on state reading and math exams — with ...

Charter schools provide students with greater educational gains per dollar spent than traditional public schools (TPS). That's the finding of a new report from University of Arkansas researchers that ...

Lake Norman Charter outperformed other area charters and most local public schools in proficiency on state exams and meeting growth expectations, according to results the state released this month.

When Alaska’s charter schools topped the nation in an analysis of student test scores, even the Harvard researchers who authored the study were stunned. Paul Peterson, director of Harvard’s education ...

A wealth of data about charter schools nationwide are concerning. Charter schools have made national headlines for scandals, lower test scores, and a host of other strange activities that make a ...

The post-election charter school wars are in full swing. The NJEA has posted a link to an Education Law Center posting of an analysis by Rutgers professor Bruce Baker showing that students in the ...