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Proposed MDE Charter School Policies Raise Concerns with Charter Leaders and Advocates
February 27, 2017 · By Krista Kaput

Last Thursday, the MN House and Senate heard testimony on MDE's Policy Bill. While the bill covers several topics that affect public education in general, this post will focus on two of the concerns that were raised, regarding bill additions, that could negatively impact the state’s charter schools.

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Venture Academy: Developing Entrepreneurs through Personalized Learning
February 23, 2017 · By Krista Kaput

Walking into Venture Academy, a Southeast Minneapolis charter school, is like walking into Google. To the outside eye, one that has been trained to look for the industrialized education model, it may first appear chaotic and unorganized. However, upon closer examination, it is evident that Venture is anything but that.

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Collaboration, Not Competition: Charter and District Teacher-Powered Schools Share a Common Purpose
February 14, 2017

Two teacher guest bloggers recount their experience at the 2017 Teacher-Powered Schools National Conference and the incredible partnership that is emerging between unionized district schools and charter schools within the teacher-powered network.

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Minnesota Considers Private School Tax Credit Amid DeVos Confirmation
February 9, 2017 · By Krista Kaput

On Tuesday, the Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Betsy DeVos as education secretary, after much debate. A lot of the controversy was due to DeVos' support of school vouchers. Learn more about school vouchers, and how a tax credit proposal active in Minnesota relates to the concept.

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At Second National Conference, Momentum Builds for Teacher-Powered Model
February 2, 2017

Over the weekend, 275 educators and advocates from 22 states gathered in Los Angeles for the second Teacher-Powered Schools National Conference. Practitioners from both district and charter schools gathered to network and share lessons about how they collaboratively design and run their schools.

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MN House of Representatives Briefed on Charter Schools
January 19, 2017 · By Krista Kaput

On January 18th, the Minnesota House of Representative’s Education Finance Committee convened to hear an overview on Minnesota charter schools. This was the first time since 2009 that the Committee had a meeting dedicated to the state’s charter schools. Read on for a summary of the hearing.

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Charter Management Organizations (CMOs): Why Doesn’t Minnesota Have More?
January 11, 2017 · By Krista Kaput

Why doesn't Minnesota have more CMOs? Read our post to learn about the state's policies and barriers that inhibit CMOs from choosing Minnesota for expansion.

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ESSA Fifth “SQ/SS” Indicator: What Are Other States Doing?
January 4, 2017 · By Krista Kaput

Minnesota Department of Education continues work on their ESSA school quality/student success indicator. A constant question has been—What are other states doing? This posts explores the different school quality/student success measures other states have proposed.

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Two National Surveys Reinforce Parent Preference for School Choice
December 28, 2016

Two articles published by Education Next earlier this month draw attention to the fact that parents seem to be happier with their children’s schools when they are able to choose them.

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USDE Launches Education Innovation and Research Grant Competition
December 22, 2016 · By Krista Kaput

On December 15, the US Department of Education announced the launch of the Education Innovation Research (EIR) grant competition for 2017. The purpose of the grant is to support state and local efforts to develop, implement, and bring to scale innovative and evidence-based projects.

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