Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Conference

The Obama administration has made opening more charter schools a big part of its plans for improving the nations education system, but Education Secretary Arne Duncan will warn advocates of the schools on Monday that low-quality institutions are giving their movement a black eye.

EDUCATION leaders all preach accountability, but it's refreshing to see one association seeking to change the rules so its members are actually held accountable when they fail.

In a move that should help local school districts better evaluate student achievement at charter schools, the organization that oversees charter schools in California on Thursday proposed new standards to identify and close down poorly performing schools.

Statewide group for charter schools proposes a new means of measuring their quality. The idea draws qualified praise from state and local education officials.

California charter school leaders unveiled a plan Wednesday to push for higher academic standards at the more than 750 independent public schools statewide.

Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn came to Oakland's refurbished Fox Theater on Wednesday night.

LONG BEACH, APRIL 18, 2009 - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell and Governor Schwarzenegger today urged local school districts, county offices of education, direct funded charter schools, California's colleges and universities to act quickly and apply for their share of $3.

Proudly, the California Department of Education announced this week the distribution of $23.5 million to 196 charter schools in the state as reimbursement for rent they must pay.

Every day on her commute, Marcela Toscano watches the transformation of a vacant lot in the Mayfair neighborhood near Interstate 680, excitedly tracking the progress of the school her son will attend starting in late summer.

An assistant principal at a North Hollywood charter school is one of four educators in California to win $25,000 and honors from the Milken Family Foundation.

NGA Center Releases Blueprint for Creating High-Quality Charter Schools WASHINGTONThe National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) today released a blueprint to help state policymakers accelerate the development of high-quality charter schools.

(The Record - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Former Cesar Chavez High School student Alejandra Tapia says she was once on the verge of dropping out of high school, struggling for three years with the day-to-day grind of a traditional school schedule.

President Obama recently electrified the school reform community by calling for the growth of charter schools while ensuring that they are held to the highest standards of accountability.

On an October morning in 2002, when most of Los Angeles was just waking up, a group of kids from View Park Prep School was buzzing with excitement by the surprise it had cooked up for principal Mike Piscal.

6:00p to 8:00p at California Aerospace Academy, McClellan, CA Open House at the California Aerospace Academy April 16th, 6:00 pm. California Aerospace Academy is now accepting applications for enrollment from 7th to 11th grade.

CHICAGO, April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) President Greg Richmond along with Director of Education Policy Studies Fredrick M.

WASHINGTON, April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Promoting Innovation and Excellence" will serve as the theme for National Charter Schools Week, May 3 - 9, 2009.

Apr 03, 2009 (The Modesto Bee - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Three Stanislaus County schools were named 2009 California Distinguished Schools this week.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Apr 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell yesterday announced that a record 28 charter middle and high schools were awarded the prestigious 2009 California Distinguished Schools Award.

Like all California public schools, Our Community School in North Hills has felt the sting of state budget cuts. But after laying off three teacher assistants and canceling a popular dance program at the charter school, Principal Chris Ferris decided to approach her staff with a question: Do you want to keep.

Award-winning charter schools show public schools how to succeed.

SAN DIEGO - Four years after a hesitant school board responded to public pressure and unanimously approved a petition to convert Gompers Middle School into Gompers Charter Middle School, the board approved of a second Gompers charter: Gompers Preparatory Academy, a ninth- through 12th-grade high school that..

Twelve of Californias 15 highest-performing schools serving primarily low-income children are charter schools, according to the 2008 Academic Performance Index (API), an annual state testing measurement.

) The students at CHIME Institutes Arnold Schwarzenegger Charter Elementary School, which has extensive ties to Cal State Northridge, invite their friends and neighbors to join them in discovering How the West Was Fun on Saturday, March 28.

CHICAGO, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, NACSA President Greg Richmond testified before the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on the need for high quality authorizing practices within the charter school sector.

OAKLAND, Mar 14, 2009 (The Oakland Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Filmmaker Stephen Kopels was a combat photographer in the Vietnam War who has seen ambushes and death up close.

Se espera que más estados del país sigan el ejemplo de California

A San Fernando Valley teacher and charter school took top honors at the annual California Charter Schools Conference, held Thursday in Long Beach. Christina Hoppe of Granada Hills Charter High School was named Teacher of the Year, while Our Community School in North Hills was recognized as School of the Year.

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a major education policy speech today, President Barack Obama called on states to lift arbitrary caps on the growth of public charter schools.

Both President Barack Obama (D) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) spoke of the need for more charter schools in their televised addresses to the nation in late February.

Sector Explores Ways to Spur Rising Tide of Strong Results --By Erik W. Robelen

Differences in staffing practices at charter and traditional public schools attract scholars interest.

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) President Greg Richmond released the following statement today in response to the California Charter School Association's report

OAKLAND Children who attend Oakland's independently run public charter schools are outscoring their traditional public school counterparts almost any way you look at it by grade level, ethnicity, English language skills or income-level according to a statistical analysis conducted by the California...

A state advisory board recommended approval Tuesday of a proposal to open a college-prep charter school in Rocklin that has been turned down by local school boards.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In his first visit to a public school since his inauguration, President Barack Obama, with First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, spent this afternoon at Capital City Public Charter School, an Expeditionary Learning school .