Advocacy Charter School Cultures 
The Hechinger Report
MAY 19, 2024
Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. There was nothing like this.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Sameerah Abdullah sends her three school-aged kids to a cyber charter school for some of the same familiar reasons that other families across the nation do, including the flexibility and personalization. But her motivations are also deeply personal, cultural, and, in some ways, unique to Philadelphia.
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ED Surge
OCTOBER 5, 2022
In 2019, Detroit Public Schools Community District officially declared themselves a Sanctuary District , a testament to parent organizing and advocacy in the city. Youth organizers in MIStudentsDream were encouraged by this policy, but they immediately had one major concern: What about charter schools?
ED Surge
MAY 20, 2024
But for Fiske, of Mysa, the popularity of alternatives to public school actually raises a concern: She fears that her approach to microschooling could be eclipsed by politics and cultural war clashes. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa. And she isn’t the only one with that worry.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 23, 2019
. — Before Michael Mota goes to sleep each school night, the 17-year-old lies in bed thinking through his plan for the next day. Michael is a senior at Vertus High School , an all-boys charter school in the Rochester City School District whose hallmark is a program that blends online classes with more traditional classroom teaching.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 5, 2022
Lusher, like America, has long had a teacher diversity problem : Slightly more than 20 percent of public school teachers—who include those at charter schools — in the U.S. ” Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools. “A “I was tired of sitting back so that white people could feel comfortable.”.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 13, 2017
A coalition of seven charter school management organizations (CMOs) in New Orleans and the Kingsley House , a non-profit that serves low-income and vulnerable populations, have partnered to offer a “diverse by design” early childhood center. There’s a historical and cultural tradition of going where your family has been,” she said.
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