Some parents whose students attended the charter schools Ball State University won’t sponsor next year aren’t sure where they’ll enroll their kids next year. They say they’d like to see the schools find a new authorizer.
Indiana lawmakers are considering forgiving $12 million in loans given to struggling charter schools for start-up costs.
The Timothy L. Johnson Academy in Fort Wayne won’t appeal Ball State University’s decision to revoke its charter, but it will continue to seek other sponsors.
East Allen County Schools won’t sponsor the Timothy L. Johnson Academy, one of seven struggling charter schools once authorized by Ball State University.
The Indianapolis Star’s Scott Elliott asks, ‘Charter schools are bad, right?’
A proposal to use a shuttered elementary school as an early learning center is contingent on Richmond Community Schools receiving a Head Start grant. But the school district isn’t the only one with plans for the building. A charter school for diploma-seeking adults is also interested in the space, writes Brian Zimmerman for the Palladium-Item: Last summer, RCS closed [...]
School officials with the charters that received non-renewal notices from Ball State University Tuesday are considering appealing the authorizer’s decision.
Ball State University won’t renew its contract with seven schools in Gary, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Richmond for the 2013-14 academic year.
A Stanford University report released earlier this month found students in Indiana’s charter schools outperformed their peers in public school. But some of the schools authorized by Ball State lagged behind those with other sponsors.
The Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation has been key in advocating for performance funding nationwide — and it looks like a lot of policymakers, including President Obama, have been listening.
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