North Valley Academy's patriotism emphasis is a first for Idaho, but a number of charter schools nationally focus on similar concepts, said Jeanne Allen, president of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based school choice advocate.

"The mayor's candid disdain for the current teacher union contracts is attractive to most reformers, and they equate tough talk with tough action," said Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform.

Twenty-eight DC charter schools have closed, a failure rate of 35 percent. That’s more than twice the national rate of 15 percent, according to the Center for Education Reform, a charter research and advocacy group.

National charter school and education reform advocates rate Wyoming's charter school law as among the worst in the nation because they say the law makes it difficult to open a charter school. The Center for Education Reform recently gave Wyoming a "D'' grade in charter school law.

The Center for Education Reform president Jeanne Allen on which states support and hinder the expansion of charter schools.

The Center for Education Reform, a pro-voucher, pro-charter school organization in Washington, D.C., recently graded the state a B and ranked it eighth highest in the nation for its laws that govern the creation and operation of charter schools.

Jeanne Allen on WGAU Newsmakers talks everything from elections to teacher quality and pay to higher education.

The Center for Education Reform report gave New Jersey’s charter school law a “C” as the state slipped from 19th to 24th among the 41 states, as well as the District of Columbia, with charter school laws.

North Carolina's law on charter schools received a grade of "C" and ranked 29th among the states according to the Center for Education Reform. The Center's director Jeanne Allen said raising the cap of charters did not go far enough.

Florida ranks eighth in the nation for laws which promote innovation, equal funding and ease of expansion of charter schools, according to a ranking from the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Education Reform.