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🏫 Chicago Board of Education’s Strategic Plan: Impact on Charter Schools🏫 The Chicago Board of Education is preparing to release a five-year strategic plan aimed at revitalizing district-run neighborhood schools and revisiting the choice system. Charter advocates are watching closely, as concerns grow about potential impacts on charter schools—public institutions managed by private organizations. Many fear the renewal process has become too burdensome, detracting from the focus on student success. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gejANFqZ As NLCP approaches our own charter renewal, we are seeking support from our community to ensure we can continue to provide excellent education to our students. For more information or to offer support, contact Katie Hogan, Manager of External Affairs, at [email protected] to write a letter of support! #CharterSchools #EducationStrategy #NLCP #CommunitySupport #EducationReform #CPS #CharterRenewal #Chicago #NorthLawndale #Chalkbeat

Our ASU School of Public Affairs faculty are doing such important work. Check out this story on participatory budgeting where Daniel Schugurensky puts his research into practice, living the SPA mission and Arizona State University charter by engaging with the communities we serve. Check out this article from AZCentral: Arizona students are helping to decide school budgets. In the process, they are learning about democracy https://lnkd.in/ggVMeK8z

💡 Did you know? New York is the #1 best state for teachers! x2VOL is proud to support NYC teachers by simplifying service tracking and helping students reach their community service goals. 🔗 Check out why New York ranks at the top for teachers in this blog by District Administration: https://hubs.ly/Q02S1Rft0 🔗 Learn more about how x2VOL supports NYC schools here: https://hubs.ly/Q02S1V9L0

Did you know that the charter school movement has been gaining momentum since the late 1980s, and it's only getting stronger? According to UsNews and World Report, charter schools operated in 35 states back in 2000-2001. Fast forward to today, and that number has risen to 45 states, with West Virginia adopting a charter school law in 2019! 🌎 Enrollment in charter schools has been on the rise, too! 📈 In the 2021-2022 school year, nearly 3.7 million students were enrolled in charter schools nationwide, making up about 7% of all public school students. This is a significant increase from the approximately 2 million students enrolled in charters back in 2011-2012, representing about 4% of public school students. 📚✨ Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, points out that investments made in high-quality charter school models in the early 2000s, along with increased demand for more accessible educational opportunities, have fueled this explosive growth. 💥 At RePublic Charter School, we're proud to be a part of this movement, providing innovative and high-quality education to our students and communities. 🏫 Let's keep growing and empowering the next generation of leaders together! 💪 #CharterSchoolSuccess #EducationMatters #RePublicStrong

An Invitation for Stakeholder Engagement As part of our ongoing efforts to optimize educational outcomes, the Duval County School Board is revisiting school boundaries and considering consolidating smaller schools. This strategic approach aims to reduce operational costs and redistribute resources more effectively across larger educational institutions. Are any schools being planned for closure for the upcoming school year, 2024-25? 🤔 None of the consultant’s recommendations are being considered for implementation in 2024-25. The only schools planned for consolidation and closure next year are Pine Estates Elementary and Charger Academy Middle School, which were approved in the original 2019 Master Facilities Plan, with all of these students moving to new or recently renovated school facilities. Engage With Us: Professionals, parents, and community members are encouraged to participate in the dialogue through our public forums or the online survey, shaping the future of our educational landscape. Upcoming forums: - June 10 at the District Administration Building - June 11-20: Multiple locations (See link for details) Detailed proposals and feedback opportunities are available at: duvalschools.org/mfp Your insights are crucial in fostering a robust educational environment in Duval County.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania will need to spend at least $5.4 billion to close the gap between rich and poor school districts, according to a long-awaited report approved by a divided panel of policymakers Thursday. The report was backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration and won near-unanimous support from legislative Democrats who served on the Basic Education Funding Commission. It recommended changing the formula Pennsylvania uses to fund public schools to reduce year-over-year fluctuations in poorer districts’ state funding, while also calling for increased investments in school construction and an expansion of the education workforce. https://lnkd.in/gPujdHR8

Yes, the politics around public charter schools have become more challenging, especially in the blue-hued cities where most of the media lives and works. But across vast expanses of urban and semi-urban America, and especially in Black and brown communities where charter schools have proven most popular and effective, there’s still plenty of room to grow, and few policy barriers standing in the way.

Main message the article: "We need to create a vision and plan that expands the opportunities for families to access quality schools: 1. Identify schools’ most successful current assets and examine how and why they are working to beat the odds for their students. 2. Convene a group of education and civic leaders to define, with input from families and teachers, what quality and best practices mean for Philadelphia schools, and create sensible metrics to measure progress toward ensuring they exist in all of our neighborhoods and catchment areas. 3. This should include leaders of school systems, as well as members of Mayor Parker’s team and City Councilmembers, who all have visions for what quality schools entail. 4. Formulate a comprehensive, long-term plan that strengthens existing quality schools and creates the conditions for more schools to reach this bar. 5. Ensure the people who serve on both the school board nominating panel and the school board are focused on and committed to pursuing this unified vision."

Late last month, the Pittsburgh School District received new recommendations from a consulting firm in Boston that will guide their updated Facilities Utilization Plan. The plan dictates how the school district should approach changes to grade configurations throughout schools, consolidation of schools, and the closing of specific school buildings. There is no doubt that this plan will have adverse outcomes for majority Black schools in the city, where students have been historically and systemically disenfranchised and underfunded. Too often concerns like declining enrollment or poor academic achievement will be cited in school closures, with little account given to the racially imbalanced institutional standards that have hampered public education for decades. We demand that the city of Pittsburgh put a plan in place to ensure that relocated students have a guided transition and understand the full reasons for the move. Make your voice heard on potential Pittsburgh school closures and visit bit.ly/pghschools

The Public Interest Law Center is compiling excellent updates on this landmark decision at https://lnkd.in/eeaEm3NT.