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DC Wildflower Launches Its First Community Charter School: Riverseed

In a quiet neighborhood on the eastern edge of Washington, D.C., a bright yellow house holds a new community charter school. While the two-story residence has been converted into a Montessori school,...

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Charter Schools Helping to Close Harlem’s Achievement Gap

In a New York City school district where a majority of children attend charter schools, those schools serve a larger share of disadvantaged kids and are closing academic achievement gaps. According...

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HBCUs Produce Culturally Relevant Leaders for Black Charter Schools

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), such as Atlanta’s Spelman College, have long served essential roles in the development of Black America -- from producing the first Black...

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Community charter schools earn their spot in public education

I learned years ago that only some schools are for everybody. I was a parent who hit a dead end, and the only school options in our zone weren’t a good fit for many reasons. And then, we found a...

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The Undeniable Connection between HBCUs and Black Charter Schools

By creating nurturing environments, employing culturally relevant materials and tapping into Black excellence, historically black universities and colleges (HBCUs) have an unparalleled record when it...

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Real Freedom Looks Like Black and Latinx Families Having the Power to Choose Their Own Schools

The Biden administration’s proposed new rules for the Charter Schools Program (CSP) would shift power away from Black families like mine, who support public charters, toward school districts and DC...

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