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February 24, 2016 – Our Schools
“Toledo School for the Arts took the top spot in a ranking of Ohio’s charter schools compiled by a website that uses student and parent reviews to generate such lists.
TSA was ranked the No. 1 charter school in the state and Ohio’s 25th best public high school by niche.com, the website of a for-profit Pittsburgh-based firm that offers links to residential real estate listings near the schools it profiles.”
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January 27, 2016 – Our Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE–The Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools (OAPCS) President and CEO Dr. Darlene Chambers released the following statement regarding today’s release of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute study Quality in Adversity: Lessons from Ohio’s best charter schools.
“OAPCS applauds this study for its focus on analyzing the quality practices of those who work daily within charter schools and deliver a high impact education for students in spite of significant barriers,” Dr. Chambers…
January 25, 2016 – Our Schools
“In the Thursday Dispatch article ‘Districts bill state for money lost to charters,’ it is noted that, in efforts to bring attention to the state’s current charter-school funding formula, traditional Ohio school districts are ‘billing’ the Ohio Department of Education for mandated per-pupil funds those districts are required to transfer for students enrolled in charter schools.
For traditional school districts to invoice the state for an education they did not provide for a public charter-…
January 20, 2016 – Legislative
The Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools (OAPCS) President and CEO Dr. Darlene Chambers released the following statement regarding the state’s charter school funding formula:
“When a student makes a choice to attend a charter school in Ohio, that student’s per-pupil funds are transferred to the school they enroll in, as Ohio law requires this transfer from state foundation money from the school of record,” said Dr. Chambers. “When funds are transferred by the traditional district, as…
January 20, 2016 – Our Schools
Washington D.C. – Ohio’s charter public school law ranks 23rd in the nation, moving up five spots from last year, according to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools’ annual state-by-state ranking of charter school laws, titled Measuring Up to the Model: A Ranking of State Public Charter School Laws, released today.
“It is a positive indicator for the Ohio charter school sector to advance in the Model Law Rankings Report,” said Dr. Darlene Chambers, president and CEO of the Ohio…
