(San Diego, CA) -- Grossman Union High School District ranks the highest in the state for the number of students enrolled in charter schools. According to the California Charter School Association, 19 percent of Grossmont students are enrolled at the two charter schools in the district, Helix High School and.

Published: Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:52 AM PST Charter schools continue to multiply in California, with the total number now reaching 750 schools, 75 of which opened this fall, according to the California Charter Schools Association.

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Jed Wallace A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher and charter school operator has been named to lead the California Charter Schools Association.

A former Los Angeles public school teacher and San Diego charter operator has been selected to lead the California Charter Schools Association, officials announced this morning.

- The California Charter Schools Association today announced that Jed Wallace, the Chief Operating Officer at the nationally-renowned High Tech High charter school organization based in San Diego, was selected by its Board of Directors to serve as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

Some lucky students will get to go to Washington for the historic event, which is expected to draw an unprecedented number of young visitors.

During a recent debate with John McCain before the election, Barack Obama made the statement that he is against 'school choice' as a means to provide competition to failing public schools.

Every once in a while, someone produces a study demonstrating something we already knew, and the response is telling: Those who are firmly grounded in reality yawn at the restatement of the obvious.

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ity College could begin enrolling high school students in a program designed to give them a leg up on careers in the arts as early as next fall. The program would be part of the college's Gateway to College Early College High School, which serves 16- to 20-year-olds who dropped out of high school or are...

Nearly all of the top 15 schools serving poor students in California are charter schools, according to an analysis of the California Charter Schools Association.

In an analysis of the California schools that serve the states poorest kids (meaning those schools that have over 70 percent of their students taking advantage of free or reduced lunches), it seems that out that of the 15 highest performing schools, twelve are charter schools.

Four Southern California charters and one L.A. Unified campus are among the top 15 serving students living in poverty.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Most teachers' unions and educators in California expect President-elect Barack Obama to make changes to the nation's education system. He has been a critic of President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act, and unlike President Bush, he supports charter schools.

What do a KIPP middle school in the Arkansas Delta, the California Charter Schools Association, and the Black Alliance for Educational Options have in common? All three might not exist today if it werent for the early backing of the family that brought America Wal-Mart.

OAKLAND _ All-night study sessions aren't often associated with middle school, but 13-year-old Faviola Montes and her friends at the Oakland Charter Academy in East Oakland say they have fallen asleep on their textbooks more times than they'd like their parents to know about.

Measure N, an Oakland parcel tax expected to raise about $12 million per year, targets two factors critical to success in Oaklands public schools: teachers and charter schools. It will increase Oaklands teachers salaries and include a 15 percent allocation to those in Oaklands public charter schools.

As reported in todays L.A. Times, the $7-billion Measure Q seeks, in large measure, to make older schools comparable to new ones. And the vast majority of students in L.A. Unified attend older schools.

The case for $7-billion Measure Q, the largest local school bond in state history, goes something like this: Now that the school district has built dozens of new campuses, it needs and deserves more dollars to fix up the old ones.

AM Modesto City Schools trustees Monday will discuss a proposal to open a charter school within the district next school year. The application was submitted by Aspire Public Schools, a nonprofit group based in Oakland that enrolls 6,000 students in 21 charter schools in California.

Intense lobbying over Pacific Collegiate School's facilities impasse with Santa Cruz City Schools continued Wednesday as the county's top education official appeared before district trustees to encourage a return to the bargaining table.

School choice in South Central. Article more in Opinion » Email Printer Friendly Share: Yahoo Buzz MySpace Digg Text Size With economic issues sucking up so much political oxygen this year, K-12 education hasn't received the attention it deserves from either Presidential candidate.

LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) The California Charter Schools Association today announced that 13 public charter schools have been named Certified Charter Schools, bringing the states total number of Certified Charter Schools to 86.

A Vista-based academy is the 9th charter school in San Diego County to be dubbed a Certified Charter School by the California Charter Schools Association, going through a wringer that includes an external review and reports, according to CCSA spokesman Gary Larson.

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Caprice Young leads California's public charter school movement, the largest system of independent public schools in the nation. She is the founding President and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association, California's charter school advocacy and support association, which works to improve public education by increasing the number of students in high-quality public charter schools.

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I understand that the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation has just invested more than 3 million dollars in California charter Schools. How did this come about?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (Business Wire) California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed Senate Bill (SB) 658, which contains around $100 million for the SB 740 Charter School Facility Grant Program over the next five years and also grants additional bonding eligibility to the Los Angeles Unified...

Since their founding in 1994, KIPP public charter schools have won high praise from educators and politicians - some say bordering on worship - for their apparent success in helping poor children of color excel in school.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixteen public charter schools in nine states have been honored as No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.

The California Charter Schools Association has received a $3 million grant for a new data system that will allow teachers to track individual student performance with the goal of improving instructional practices, the group announced today.

RIVERSIDE Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama laid out his education plan here Tuesday, Sept. 9, and it includes policies more traditionally associated with the other party.

Students Will Contribute to NASA Lunar Mission by Tracking LCROSS Spacecraft APPLE VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 9 APPLE VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented scientific collaboration with a public school, the Lewis Center for Educational Research will team with NASA to lead students worldwide..

By Lesli A. Maxwell: In California, where a quartermillion students will attend charter schools this year, many charters have tapped a savvy advocacy group for support and expertise.

Jane Gilman TEMPORARY HOME is in local church. L.A. NEW CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL OPENS THIS MONTH The New Los Angeles Charter School (New LA) will open its doors to 75 sixth graders on Wed.

Tuesday was the first day of class for students at Forest Ranch Charter School. Here, fifth-grader Bryce Miller, 10, raises his hand to answer a question in Lisa Matoe's class.

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