***MEDIA ALERT*** Eight Congressional Black Caucus Members and Charter School Leaders to be Honored at Second Annual Congressional Black Caucus Charter School Leadership Awards and Reception Join the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (National Alliance) for a reception honoring Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members, and African American charter school leaders for their outstanding accomplishments… Continue reading Eight Congressional Black Caucus Members and Charter School Leaders to be Honored at Second Annual Congressional Black Caucus Charter School Leadership Awards and Reception
ST. LOUIS, MO – Yesterday, Judge Autrey of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a positive ruling in favor of the state and public charter school parents. The case, filed by St. Louis Public Schools against the State of Missouri, argued that sales tax revenue should not be shared with… Continue reading National Alliance and Missouri Charter Public School Association Statement on Eastern District of Missouri Ruling
Washington, D.C. – On July 5th, the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Missouri public charter school parents seeking to intervene in a case which threatens $50 million already given to public charter schools in St. Louis. In a reversal of a prior District Court decision, the 8th Circuit determined charter… Continue reading National Alliance Statement on U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit Ruling for Missouri Charter Schools
Gordon Parks was a modern renaissance man. A composer, author and filmmaker, he is best known as a groundbreaking photographer whose images of urban life, poverty, race relations and civil rights have had a deep impact on American culture.Gordon Parks Elementary School, a charter public school in Kansas City, Missouri, honors Mr. Parks, who proudly… Continue reading Kansas City School Honors Photographer Gordon Parks
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, Academie Lafayette is a K-8 charter school that offers a high-quality education to students through a French immersion program in which students learn to speak French with daily instruction and practice in the language. Through the next series of blogs, the National Alliance will highlight the Academie Lafayette and other… Continue reading Academie Lafayette: Parents Open Up About Waitlists
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, Academie Lafayette is a K-8 charter school that offers a high-quality education to students through a French immersion program in which students learn to speak French with daily instruction and practice in the language. Through the next series of blogs, the National Alliance will highlight charter schools’ efforts to offer… Continue reading Academie Lafayette: Teachers Benefit from Autonomy
Across the country, less than 20 percent of those who received computer science degree are women. The number of minority students with STEM degrees is even lower: eight and nine percent respectively for black and Hispanic students. Robyn Viloria Wiens, Ed.D, is all too aware of this gender and ethnic gap. That’s why this fall,… Continue reading Robyn Viloria Wiens, Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls