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Chicago academy receives $250,000 to help low-income kids

Grant from national nonprofit targets families who want to escape Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union gridlock

Rescue grant of $250,000 released to help Chicago Public Schools students escape the system

Up to 250 CPS families offered seats and support at Distinctive Schools campuses

$5 MILLION IN EMERGENCY GRANTS TO SAVE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN

No child deserves to have their educational opportunities denied.

NATION’S TOP EDUCATION INNOVATORS WIN FINALIST STATUS

Inaugural STOP Award celebrates the Education Heroes of COVID and Today

Semi-Finalists Announced in $1 Million Prize for Education Transformers

Twenty education innovators hailed for delivering for students during Covid-19 and offering a new vision for the future of K-12 instruction

STATEMENT FROM FOUNDER & CEO JEANNE ALLEN ON THE PRESIDENT’S NEW PANDEMIC PLAN

To make further funds available to schools without consideration for their success or ability to deliver education when kids most needed it, is misguided.

STATES MAKE STRIDES TO INCREASE CHARTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES, DESPITE OPPOSITION EFFORTS

More laws expanded and improved in the last six months than previous six years. Florida jumps to top of National Charter Law Rankings.

States Rise in Education Index

District’s hostility to charter opportunities is inequitable and unjust

PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASKED TO SURRENDER RIGHTS

District’s hostility to charter opportunities is inequitable and unjust

Biden First Annual Joint Address to Congress

An Unprecedented Expansion of the Federal Role in Education Is Unwarranted