Board members reviewed 18 schools up for charter renewal, two weeks after approving the first new charter school since 2018.

The schools singled out will be expected to provide more information for the board by its next meeting, scheduled for June 26 ...

The Philadelphia School Board is considering renewals for 18 of the city’s 81 charter schools. The board heard nearly five hours of testimony Thursday night, but no decisions were made.

Follow along with Inquirer education reporter Kristen A. Graham, reporting from the Philly school board special action ...

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The Philadelphia Board ... She said there are empty charter and district seats across the city, and that many schools lack certified special education teachers. "It is inconceivable to me" that ...

“I think there is an appetite in our constrained budget that we want to be certain adequate funding is getting to our schools and students and not lacing the pocketbooks of charter schools,” said Rep.

“You have an education program ... maintained that the charter school program required “strictly secular schools” and that religious schools were wanting a special “tailored contract.” “ ...

In many states throughout the country, laws require charter schools to be nonsectarian. The case has triggered fierce debate over the role of religion in publicly funded education and sharply ...

"You have an education program and you ... in court papers that such a ruling would bring charter school laws nationwide into question and give "special status" to religious charter schools ...

But a ruling for St. Isidore also could prompt states that don’t want to fund religious education to tighten their public-charter ... The school would serve students with special needs and ...

Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students using painful, unapproved techniques to restrain and punish youths in ...