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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

The word just hasn’t gotten out about the ability to do this,” said Todd Ziebarth, a senior vice president of state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Yepa earned a Grammy Award as a child and later graduated from NACA as part of its inaugural class in 2012.

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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

The Hechinger Report

While the tutoring and on-the-run support that have replaced it may smooth their paths, at least one university president wonders whether future engineers will sufficiently master the calculus they need. “I Students work on an assignment in a high school civics class.