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Hiding the Bill for Teacher Pensions
Thursday, October 10, 2013Michael RegnierThe debate about charter school funding was split wide open last week when a new study found that charter schools receive much less public support per pupil,...
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School Choice Structure is Key to Success
Wednesday, October 23, 2013James MerrimanHow can we improve school choice in New York City? The Education Funders Research Initiative asked a range of experts, and Charter Center CEO James Merriman...
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The ABCs of NYC Charters
Thursday, November 14, 2013The NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE) released its 2012-13 Progress Reports for all public and charter schools*. Charter schools continue to earn a higher distribution of...
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New IBO Study: Charter Students Stick Around
Tuesday, January 14, 2014A new report from the NYC Independent Budget Office found that student attrition rates in charter schools are lower across nearly every student subgroup -- with the one...
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A Rare Moment of Unanimity
Wednesday, January 22, 2014Back in 2008, when Senator Obama was running against Senator McCain, something unusual happened in the final minutes of their third and very contentious, partisan debate....
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IBO Admits Flawed Finding on Charter School SpEd Attrition
Friday, February 21, 2014The New York City Independent Budget Office now has egg on its face after its shocking finding – 80% attrition among charter school kindergarteners in special education! –...
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2013-14 Test Scores Show Gains
Friday, August 15, 2014New York State entered the 2013-14 school year—the second year of the Common Core era—with a pointed awareness of the challenges revealed by the 2012-13 test scores. The good...
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Why the ELL Gap?
Tuesday, October 7, 2014In Why the Gap? English Language Learners and New York City Charter Schools, a new report from the Manhattan Institute, Dr. Marcus Winters uses NYC DOE data from school years...
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2013-14 School Quality Reports
Wednesday, November 12, 2014The NYC DOE released its first School Quality Report from the 2013-14 school year. The report no longer includes an overall grade for each school, but instead presents...
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Updated IBO Study: Special-Needs Students Staying in Charters
Thursday, January 29, 2015The IBO has just confirmed what we have long known – charter school students stay in charter schools at higher rates than students in nearby traditional public schools (TPS)....
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Charters Tackle ELL Instruction
Monday, June 8, 2015By Melissa KatzIt’s hard to believe that we’re approaching the end of the school year! As I reflect on the progress made this past year since I joined the Charter Center team, I...
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Myth Busting: Charters Do Share, Mr. Mayor!
Thursday, June 11, 2015By Jaclyn LeffelI was disappointed to read in a recent news article Mayor de Blasio’s pronouncement that, “…district schools will share where charters will not.” I commend the...
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New IBO Report: Positive Trends in NYC Charter Growth, Diversity, Backfilling...
Monday, July 13, 2015By Michael PihToday, the New York City Independent Budget Office released a new report, School Indicators for New York City Charter Schools: 2013-14 School Year. The IBO has put...
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Charter Schools Remain Underfunded: New Report
Thursday, July 23, 2015By Michael PihToday’s IBO report, Charter Schools Versus Traditional Public Schools: Comparing the Level of Public Support In School Year 2014-15, shows that charter schools...
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2014-15 State Test Score Analysis: Charters Better Serving African-American...
Friday, August 14, 2015By Michael PihOn Wednesday, the New York State Education Department (SED) released scores from the third year of the Common Core 3-8 Assessments. Performance by...
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Leader Voices
Tuesday, November 10, 2015*/By James Merriman, CEO of the New York City Charter School CenterA Reflection on the Last 10 YearsIn 2003, then as Executive Director of SUNY’s Charter Schools Institute, I...
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Leader Voices
Monday, December 21, 2015*/By Stacey Gauthier, Principal, Renaissance Charter SchoolFirst Charter Sector Advocacy EffortsReflecting on the Charter Center’s ten year anniversary, I want to take you back...
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Alive and Growing Smartly
Monday, March 14, 2016By Michael PihEach morning, my inbox contains a digest of all the latest in education news here in the city, which gives me some sense of what the day has in store. It was with...
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Leader Voices
Wednesday, March 23, 2016*/By Christina Reyes, Executive Director of Inwood Academy for LeadershipStarting Your School RightThe proverbial saying, “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time,” is...
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The Devil is in the Details: Ensuring the Future of New York’s Charter Movement
Thursday, April 14, 2016By Michael PihSomewhat buried in the coverage of the passage of the state’s budget was some great news for charter schools (beyond the needed and much appreciated $430 in...
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Out of Options: No Judicial Review for Charter School Non-renewals
Tuesday, June 28, 2016By Corey Callahan, Director of Legal AffairsIn a recent op-ed, James Merriman, the Charter Center’s CEO, reminds us of one of the bedrock principles of chartering: that the...
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Major Gains Seen in Achievement of Charter School Children in 2015-16 Test...
Wednesday, August 3, 2016By Michael PihIn what can be described as yet another transition year for New York State testing, NYC charter schools made significant gains, and outperformed their district...
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Giving Voice: Special Populations Series
Thursday, November 3, 2016By Melissa KatzInclusion: We Must Get ThereIt’s 6:00pm on a Saturday and I’m sitting on a flight back to New York after three days of intensive professional development about...
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Giving Voice: Special Populations Series
Tuesday, December 6, 2016By Megan Davis-Hitchens, Director of the NYC Special Education CollaborativeWhen we say, “We do inclusion,” what do we mean? In my third year attending CHIME Charter School’s...
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Giving Voice: Special Populations Series
Friday, January 6, 2017By Dixon Deutsch, Vice President of Special PopulationsAccountability: College Football vs. Public SchoolsWhile enjoying the holidays in my home state of Texas, I received an...
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The Best Case for Returning to the Funding Formula
Tuesday, March 21, 2017By Michael PihAnd the funding gap between charters and the district continues to grow...The IBO released an updated report comparing public spending for charter schools to...
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Charters Are Still Not "Creaming" Students
Monday, April 3, 2017By Michael Pih, Associate Director of Policy & ResearchDespite significant evidence to the contrary, it’s a common refrain among charter school critics that the strong academic...
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Charters Widen the Gap: NYC Charters Continue to Lead
Thursday, August 24, 2017 On Tuesday, the New York State Education Department released results for the 2016-17 grades 3-8 English Language Arts (ELA) and math assessments. Unlike 2015-16, when the...
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What Does Inclusion Look Like?
Wednesday, February 7, 2018By Melissa Katz, Director, English Learner SupportsThe NYC Special Education Collaborative’s mission is to empower schools to develop inclusive education environments. This...
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Charters Close the Achievement Gap: NYC Charters Continue to Lead
Sunday, September 30, 2018 On Wednesday, the New York State Education Department released results for the 2017-18 grades 3-8 English Language Arts (ELA) and math assessments. As in 2015-16, when the...
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