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Still Rising: Charter School Enrollment and Student Achievement at the Metropolitan Level

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Survey Says: March 2022

Posted on March 3, 2022 (April 14, 2022) by Anna McDaniel-Wyatt

PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. Public Opinion Strategies and Impact Research conducted a bipartisan national survey of parents in early February to determine how the pandemic has impacted their children. The whole deck is not being released […]

Seeding Success: Expanding High-Quality Charters

As the critical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic persist, public charter school enrollment continues to grow in states across the country. In this discussion, David Griffith (The Thomas B. Fordham Institute) will share data and analysis on the benefits that charter schools bring to increasing equitable learning outcomes across metropolitan areas, and Todd Zeibarth (NAPCS) […]

Survey Says: January 2022

Posted on January 20, 2022 (February 10, 2022) by Anna McDaniel-Wyatt

PIE Network brings you the latest surveys and public opinion polls that capture the perspectives of students, parents, teachers, principals, and system leaders. Recent New York Times/Morning Consult poll [accompanying article here] explores how safe parents feel about their children returning to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic: One area of agreement among Democrats and Republicans […]

Weight of the Union: State Efforts to Unionize Public Charter Schools

The vast majority of charter schools do not have unionized staff, but a number of states, particularly those that already have a strong union presence, have seen increased efforts to unionize teachers in charter schools. Illinois lawmakers recently introduced unique legislation that would explicitly tie state funding to the implementation of labor peace agreements in […]