DC Association of Chartered Public Schools

Here in the District of Columbia and across the nation, we have upended normal life to combat the coronavirus — insisting on social distancing, for instance, and transferring learning from school to home, much of it online. This should not…

As District of Columbia students dive into the new academic year, a new public education campaign is gearing up. It calls for renovating abandoned buildings that blight their neighborhoods, ending the waitlist for successful public charter…

It's National Charter Schools Week, a time for parents, students and teachers to celebrate these unique schools of choice. But in the District, legislators and unions are targeting the basic operating principles of charter schools: their…

As the annual application period for DC’s public school lottery once again comes to an end, it’s an opportune time for education officials to consider how to improve school choice in the District in future years. In particular, we need to…

Each year, the week commencing with Martin Luther King Jr. Day also marks National School Choice Week, during which a kaleidoscope of educational organizations, school leaders, teachers, parents, guardians, students and elected officials…

If confirmed by the DC Council, the mayor’s pick for DC Public Schools chancellor will arrive in office after a turbulent period during which the traditional, city-run public school system was plagued by controversy surrounding inflated…

As students begin a new school year, the public charter schools that educate nearly half of all DC public school students continue to provide more choices and higher-quality options. And the benefits of these educational programs to…

District of Columbia residents whose work or leisure takes them downtown are familiar with the imposing red-brick facade of the Franklin School, a historic 1869 building that sits across Franklin Square. It was designed by Adolf Cluss, a…