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… Department of Education and local school districts veto power over the creation of new charter schools, which would be a dramatic … called for an end to charter schools Mitchell Robinson, a … regularly criticized charter schools, both on his personal … local district in which the charter will operate;” Robinson has … more

… Magazine released a statewide ranking of schools, which took student socioeconomic … for Bridge Magazine that charter public schools are twice as … the rigorous study of Michigan charter schools just published by Stanford … study matched individual public charter school students to their conventional … are choosing to attend public charter schools. These students may choose … more

… triggered a rash of claims by charter school critics that the state’s charter school landscape is an unregulated … since the first Michigan charter school opened in 1993-94 that … schools in Michigan went down. School choice advocates attribute … part to the closure of 14 charters over the last three years … more

… students through public charter schools. On May 14, four of six … designed to help public charter schools open and grow. Michigan … number of high-quality charter schools serving at-risk populations." … state education department to schools that meet the program's criteria. … taken in by Michigan schools. Charters serve 10% of the students … more

… comes to the record of charter schools, Education Trust-Midwest … of public education: charter schools. It's appropriate to have … discussion about what more charter schools could do to help drive … express frustration that charters haven't raised the bar high … doing worse than other public schools and are “a national embarrassment” … more

One mid-Michigan charter school striving not to be defined by … low-achievement “Priority school,” more of its students are … buses is provided to keep the school within reach of kids, many … results, it sticks with a school for four straight years. … student poverty than with school quality. That means the state … more

… Flint, Center Academy charter school and Northern High School both struggled academically. … distinction between how charter schools authorizers handle struggling … MLive recently as saying charter school authorizers should be … of our bad schools, both charters and traditional schools?" … more

… question the value of charter schools in Michigan and point … Bridge repeats a claim by anti-charter interests that Michigan is the “wild west” of charter schools. The column by The Center … they are authorized to open schools. Moreover, our state does … the state’s term for charter schools — have been closed in … more

… just released a piece on charter schools and Betsy DeVos. There … get the impression that charter schools serve students poorly, steal from district schools and are a waste of tax dollars. … results of the research on charter schools “inconclusive.” In fact, … that unions are upset that charters are largely nonunionized … more

… of the top 17 public high schools in the city of Detroit are charter schools, according to a Mackinac … in the city are public charter schools: Frontier International … selective schools because, unlike charters, they can choose to turn … admission. Under state law, a charter school must accept any student … more