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On the campaign trail back in 2010, former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich conceded that Maryland’s charter school law did not go far enough in creating the necessary safeguards for a thriving charter sector statewide, and more needed to be done to ensure charter schools become a welcomed part of public education. Read more »

Every year Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools, located in the Washington, DC area, have their annual senior thesis symposium. Starting in the ninth grade, Chavez scholars are introduced to the topic of public policy and up until their senior year they participate in several activities that involve public policy. For example, in the ninth grade […] Read more »

As the two big national teachers unions prepare for their conventions this summer, they are struggling to navigate one of the most tumultuous moments in their history. Read more »

The first year of my undergraduate experience was a whirlwind of trying new classes and discovering the path on which I would travel for the next four years. While I took courses with many different focuses, the two most influential classes were a sociology course with a focus on the inequalities that persist in the […] Read more »

A dozen first graders’ hands shot up in chorus at each question, and I might have concluded that their teacher had simply rehearsed the whole performance for the sake of window dressing the tour. But the enthusiasm and engagement I found in classroom after classroom was backed up with awards and recognitions that put this […] Read more »

The transition from a public school to a charter school was not very difficult for me because, for starters, I was young and did not really understand the difference between the two. Before attending Cesar Chavez PCS: Parkside Campus I attended Burrville Elementary and before that Merritt Elementary. The two schools shared one thing in […] Read more »

Mike posed an extremely important question at the start of this wonk-a-thon: “How to build a high-quality charter school sector?” Read more »

New Hope Academy Charter School in York, PA, is making a final stand before closing its doors on Tuesday. The highly popular, high-performing school has been embroiled in a fight with the York City School District for years, culminating in a legal dispute that involved the State Charter Appeal Board. New Hope’s charter was revoked due […] Read more »

I am almost two and a half hours into my internship here at CER. I didn’t really think that I would ever return to the DC-metropolitan area after my high school graduation, but here I am. The metro ride was long, but the weather was lovely. I am so excited to be back, and even […] Read more »

An orientation session at a college can provide you—a new undergraduate—with a lot of information concerning class registration, building locations, and activities to get involved in within your school and the community outside. At Boston University, this case is true. Yet my major takeaway from the student leaders and college deans did not concern logistics, […] Read more »