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Hernández, Laura E. – American Educational Research Journal, 2022
With the pervasiveness of racism, some scholars have interrogated the role of discourse in perpetuating the racial status quo. While research has denoted how prominent leaders and policies advance deficit-laden characterizations of minoritized groups that reify racial hierarchies, how racial discourse is mobilized in day-to-day politics remains…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Racial Bias, Discourse Analysis, Politics of Education
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Hernández, Laura E. – Educational Policy, 2022
Charter management organizations (CMOs) have increasingly had to respond to questions surrounding their organizations--particularly in the context of the broader social awakening around systemic injustices and evidence of their racially inequitable practices. This study investigated how CMOs counteracted criticisms and managed perception by…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Charter Schools, School Administration, Consciousness Raising
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Lurz, Kevin K.; Walsh, Nichole – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2022
The annual assignment of elementary students from one classroom to the next is a ubiquitous cycle in schools. Since student class assignment has an effect on students' educational trajectory, understanding how placement procedures impact student equity is an important area of research with benefits for all stakeholders. In this action research…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Elementary Education, Student Placement, Multi Tiered Systems of Support
Ziebarth, Todd – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2022
2022 turned out to be a dynamic year for charter schools, as many state lawmakers recognized the fact parents want more schooling options that fit their children's unique needs. In total, close to 50% of states with charter school laws gained at least one legislative win. Read for more details on how the charter school movement strengthened in the…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Charter Schools, School Law
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Justice, Scot; Helms, Alex; Hermanson, Dana – Journal of School Choice, 2023
We survey 137 charter school administrators and 129 board members and find that U.S. charter school internal controls are perceived to be relatively strong overall. However, board independence, board communication of internal control responsibilities to school personnel, lines of communication between the board and school personnel, and reporting…
Descriptors: School Choice, Charter Schools, Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education
Carol Burris – Network for Public Education, 2024
Studies of charter closure rates typically focus on year-to-year closures. While important for researchers, such studies provide little guidance to families seeking to understand the risk of enrolling their child in a charter school. That is because studies determining how many schools close each year provide no information on how long the school…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Closing, School Choice, Trend Analysis
Celine Massuger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In today's education context, not all young people are able to complete their high school education. In fact, in 2016, the number of low-income young people ages 16 to 24 years who did not complete high school or were not enrolled in high school was 3.7 times higher than those of high-income families (McFarland et al., 2018). This may be due to…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Teacher Student Relationship, Educational Practices, Caring
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Gustafson, David C.; Haque, MD – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2020
Virtual schools are one of the fastest growing educational options for students in the United States. In spite of the increase in virtual program options and enrollment, limited research has been conducted on how virtual school principals lead their organizations. This qualitative case study explores the challenges facing virtual school principals…
Descriptors: Principals, Virtual Schools, Leadership, Public Schools
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2020
This brief describes a new method for states to determine how well their charter school facility needs are being met with state policies, both at present and in the future as the number of charter schools increases. The brief also illustrates how this new approach, called a Charter Facility Index, can be used in practice, with three state…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Facility Requirements, Educational Facilities, State Policy
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Anderson, Brandy; Amesse, Karen – American Journal of Distance Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to establish historical enrollment trends, student demographics, and home-based pedagogies of nonclassroom-based schools in California in an effort to gain insights into lesser-known homeschooling practices. According to the United States Department of Education, in 2016, homeschooling had progressively increased to…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Charter Schools, Home Study, Home Programs
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Hernández, Laura E. – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background/Context: The business and philanthropic sectors have been a persistent force in shaping U.S. schools. Recently, they have used their resources to advance policies that embody newer principles of industry--reforms that suggest that competition, choice, and deregulation can spur improvement and effectiveness. This has most notably…
Descriptors: Racism, Charter Schools, Politics of Education, Educational Finance
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Kahan, David; McKenzie, Thomas L. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
Purpose: Health authorities recommend schools play a major role in providing and promoting physical activity (PA). School choice legislation has led to increases in both public charter schools and private schools, and these have greater flexibility in curriculum, staffing, and other practices than traditional public schools. Most schools have…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Physical Education, Physical Activities, Public Schools
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2018
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. The topics for this report on English learners in charter schools include: (1) Number of Charter Schools, by State, Including DC: SY 2015-16; (2) Percentage of Charter School Students Who Are ELs, by…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Charter Schools, Enrollment Rate, Geographic Location
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Lake, Robin; Jochim, Ashley; Hill, Paul; Tuchman, Sivan – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2019
The claim that charter schools cause financial harm to school districts is a major element in the debate around charter schools in California. Critics allege that enrollment in charter schools drains resources from school districts, forcing them to make cuts to staff and services and eventually contributing to fiscal distress. The charge that…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Financial Problems, School Districts, Enrollment
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Lake, Robin; Jochim, Ashley; Hill, Paul; Tuchman, Sivan – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2019
Much attention has been focused on the costs charter school enrollment imposes on school districts. Getting an honest answer to this question is important for school districts so that they may adjust their expenditures appropriately. However, as Ladd and Singleton, the authors of a North Carolina study attempting to quantify those costs point out,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Enrollment, School Districts, Costs
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