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October 5, 2012
USDA Grant Aids Expansion of Charter School's Fresh Food Program

A charter school in northeastern Oregon has been awarded $24,000 as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant program that will enable the school to expand its use of fresh food and connections with area farms.

October 3, 2012
Charter School Exemplary Collaboration Grants Awarded for Projects Totaling $1.2 Million

Seven grants totaling more than $1.2 million have been awarded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program to support collaboration amoung public charter schools, traditional public schools, and school districts.

September 1, 2012
Photo Essay: A New Orleans Charter School's Comeback After Katrina

The reemergence after Hurricane Katrina of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans is the focus of Unintended Journey: How a New Orleans School Found Its Way Home After Hurricane Katrina, a photo essay by Jeanie Adams-Smith, an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at Western Kentucky University. The school -- which opened in 1995, now enrolls 780 students, and has been visited by Presidents George W.

October 1, 2012
Charter School Among Grant Winners in $28 Million Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program

A charter school is among 46 recipients of grants under the U.S. Department of Education’s $28 million Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program, which is designed to improve literacy skills for students in high-need districts and schools.

September 27, 2012
Federal Teacher Incentive Fund Awards More Than $31 Million to Aid Charter Schools

More than $31 million was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education under its 2012 Teacher Incentive Fund to help charter school organizations to “improve pay structures, reward great teachers and principals and provide greater professional opportunities to teachers in high-poverty schools,” the Department announced September 27, 2012.

September 27, 2012
U.S. Department of Education Awards Grants Totaling $14.4 Million to Two CMOs

Awards totaling more than $14.4 million to “support high-quality charter schools in more than 25 communities across the country” were announced September 27, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Education.

The announced grants were $4.1 million to Democracy Prep Public Schools for the first two years of a five-year grant and $10.3 million to the KIPP Foundation for the first two years of a four-year grant.

September 20, 2012
Resource Center Webinar Focuses on Blended Learning Models, Changing Roles of Staff

A September 13, 2012, webinar hosted by the National Charter School Resource Center focused on blended learning and the many models for combining online and traditional teaching methods as a way to increase efficiency and boost student achievement.

September 13, 2012
Native Charter School's Expansion Part of Federal Professional Development Grant

Twenty-two U.S. Department of Education grants totaling more than $6 million will go to efforts to improve educational opportunities for American Indian children and aid professional development, including an award supporting expansion of a Native charter school, ED announced September 13, 2012.

September 7, 2012
14 Charter Schools Named 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools Winners

At least 14 charter schools are among the U.S. Department of Education 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools winners, according to a list released by the Department.

Charter schools currently on the list include the following:

September 4, 2012
Charter Schools Among 900 Intending to Seek Race to the Top-District Award

At least 23 charter school organizations from eight states and Washington, D.C., are among the nearly 900 organizations that have expressed intent to apply for the U.S. Department of Education’s $400 million 2012 Race to the Top-District competition, according to a Department  list.

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