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President Obama and U.S. Senators Alexander and Landrieu Celebrate National Charter Schools
President Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation and Senator Alexander and Senator Mary Landrieu, co-chairs of the Senate Public Charter Schools Caucus, expressed strong support for public charter schools and marked the start of the 14th annual National Charter Schools Week, which lasts from May 5-11, 2013.

Public Charter Schools Top Newsweek Best High Schools and Transformation High School Rankings
Newsweek has released its 2013 America’s Best High Schools and 13 public charter schools are among the top 100. Further, 64 percent of Newsweek's "Transformative High Schools" are public charter high schools.

NAPCS Research Summary on Public Charter Schools’ Academic Performance Shows Positive Trends 
New report summarizing prominent research studies published over the past four years showed that students who attended public charter schools academically outperformed their traditional public school peers.

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