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Are you interested in learning more about charter school meal options? Whether you are a new school or existing school interested in offering a meal program or expanding quality options, this resource is for you. Here is the link to a recorded Webinar. This Webinar is brought to you through a collaboration between the Colorado League of Charter Schools and the CDE.

The 74  - During National Charter Schools Week 2024, May 12-18, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, in partnership with the students, parents, teachers, leaders and advocates of the public charter school community nationwide, celebrates the vital role charter schools play in public education as well as the people in the movement advocating for more and better for all kids. Read more. 

Education Week - The class of 2024 started high school during the pandemic, but schools are finding that more and more students with disabilities need extended education support, sometimes as much as twice as long as the typical four-year high school allots. Read more.

The 74  - Seventy years after the Supreme Court outlawed separating public school children by race, a new report breathes life into an old question: how the most coveted public schools are able to legally exclude all but the most privileged families. Read more.

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools - The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is pleased to release the 2024 Charter Schools Program Impact Report, an annual look at how Charter Schools Program (CSP) funds are impacting communities around the country. Read more.

Chalkbeat - Schools and money loomed large in the 2024 Colorado legislative session. State lawmakers approved a new school funding formula 10 years in the making. Read more.

Chalkbeat - Colorado’s State Board of Education voted Wednesday afternoon to allow Adams 14 to continue its improvement work with a partial outside manager — a sign that the state trusts the progress being made by the long-struggling school district. Read more.

The 74 - The California Charter Schools Association last month filed a lawsuit against LA Unified over its controversial new policy barring charters from using classrooms in certain district school buildings. Read more.

Chalkbeat - Over the last three decades, school segregation has been increasing — and it has increased the most within the large school districts that enroll many of the nation’s students of color. Read more.

National Alliance The top two public high schools in the nation are charter schools. U.S. News & World Report (U.S. News) released the 2023-2024 rankings of the best public high schools in the country. Twenty charter schools are recognized in the top 100 schools. Read more.

The 74
Allen: Think of the ripple effect when students attend schools where they can thrive & parents go from feeling ignored to having a seat at the table. Read more.

As the weather heats up, so does the opportunity to build critical community partnerships. Across Colorado charter schools, we have the potential to engage 850,000 students, each of whom deserves access to high-quality summer programming but may still need it.

These dedicated teachers foster a love of learning in a positive environment, mentor students, collaborate with colleagues, and actively participate in their school’s community.

Chalkbeat
A proposed rewrite to Colorado’s school funding formula cleared a major hurdle on Tuesday when House members approved the measure on an initial voice vote, bringing the rewrite another step closer to replacing a 30-year-old system. Read more.

The 74
Pursuing her passion for a career in medicine, California high schooler Ella Mayor found fulfillment working as a part-time pharmacy technician — tapping into skills she could never practice in school. Read more.

Axios
Colorado has some of the country’s highest shares of best-performing public high schools, per U.S. News & World Report’s recently released 2024 Best High School rankings and six of the top 10 in Colorado are charters. Learn more.

CBS News
Gov. Jared Polis signed the Colorado budget on Monday, fully funding schools, creating more housing and investing in public safety. The $525.8 million budget is for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Watch now.