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

Some members of the group proposing a Montessori-style charter school in Schenectady, from left to right: Virginia Rawlins, George Borum, Kimberly Bernard, LaQuetta Alexander, and Sira Ramos.

Wake County could see another five new charter schools open in the next two years, further fueling the growth of nontraditional public school seats. The state Office of Charter Schools recently ...

The city school board voted 8-1 to approve the Early College Charter School of Philadelphia. The board had rejected all applications to start new charters since 2018.

Washington — An evenly divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court decision that invalidated a contract approved by the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board that established the ...

Chief Justice John Roberts is likely to have cast deciding vote to block religious charter schools. Justice Amy Coney Barrett had announced in advance she would not participate in the decision.

Five finalists have been chosen for the Lake Wales Charter Schools superintendent position. The previous superintendent, Wayne Rodolfich, was fired in 2024 after an investigation into complaints ...

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday in a case that decided whether Oklahoma could provide funding to a religious charter school ... City of Philadelphia] — the state agency that refused ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A renewed effort is underway to establish a new charter school in Syracuse, aiming to serve kindergarten through second-grade students in its first year, with plans to expand to ...

In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school. By Abbie VanSickle and Sarah Mervosh Abbie VanSickle covers the Supreme Court from Washington.

About 62,000 students attend Nevada charter schools — about the same number in the Washoe County School District. Charter advocates say Senate Bill 460 gives school districts control over ...

You would think that public school teachers' unions would love public charter schools. After all, teachers and their unions were the earliest supporters of charter schools that give flexibility to ...