Magic City Academy receives five-year contract renewal
The Alabama Public Charter School Commission approved contract renewals for three schools Wednesday, including Magic City Acceptance Academy.
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Charter commission talks HBCU collaborations, hears school proposals
The commission approved Ignite Academy and Under the Oaks, denied Invictus and AAHS’s Birmingham replication, and considered HBCU-charter partnerships.
Public Charter School Commission ensuring schools fit anti-DEI law
The aims to ensure APCSC schools are in line with recent state legislation, including bans on DEI offices and "divisive concepts."
Low test scores bring new scrutiny for Montgomery charter school
Test scores show LEAD Academy well below state averages in all areas, and failing to keep pace with Montgomery County schools.
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See recent postsWoodland Prep. Fake charter school lives on
Drive by any school in Alabama (during more normal times) and what do you expect to find? Classrooms. Students. Teachers. Textbooks. Computers. A curriculum. Someone in charge. But nearly two years after the Alabama charter school commission gave the go ahead to Woodland Prep charter in Washington County there is no school facility, no classrooms, … Continued
New report offers advice for fixing state’s charter school issues
Local school boards should have more authority in approving proposed charter schools and parents of students attending the charters should have a larger role on the schools’ governing boards. Those were two of the suggestions contained within a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which reviewed problems with Alabama’s charter school law and the … Continued
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See recent postsAlabama Charter School Commission finally did its job
Finally, the Alabama Charter School Commission is doing its job. On Monday, the Commission voted to revoke the charter for Woodland Prep, the beleaguered charter school in Washington County, and it took steps to force LEAD Academy, the steadily failing charter in Montgomery, to provide the Commission with necessary information to assure it is operating … Continued
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See recent postsNorth Carolina mother sheds light on Alabama Charter School mess
Editor’s note: Alyson Ford is a mother in the Charlotte, NC area. It wasn’t long after she enrolled one of her sons in a charter school that she began to feel something was amiss. Soon she was attending board meetings of the school and digging into financial records. What she found was disturbing and even … Continued
Analysis | Charter Commission appointments could restore some faith
The Alabama Charter School Commission is changing. On Thursday, the Alabama State School Board voted to appoint five new members to the board. Those appointments came from nominees provided by Gov. Kay Ivey, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon and Senate President Del Marsh. Only one incumbent survived on a board that has drawn considerable … Continued
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See recent postsThe Alabama Charter School Commission does not care
Last year, the Alabama Charter School Commission gave approval to a Washington County charter school known as Woodland Prep. It gave that approval despite the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, which was contracted by the Alabama State Department of Education to review charter school applications, writing in its review of Woodland that the school’s … Continued