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Legislation to put a one-year hold on the creation of new online charter schools has cleared the Illinois House. The state House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday that would amend the state's charter school law, putting a moratorium in
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Today, state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, an Aurora Democrat, convinced an Illinois House committee to stop the creation of any new online charter schools in Illinois until April 2016 so that lawmakers can learn more about how they would work. Chapa LaVia
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Sycamore School District 427 board members unanimously rejected a proposal to allow an online charter school to operate within its boundaries. The 7-0 vote Tuesday came after board members questioned the supervision students would have and charter
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Those districts, statewide government watchdogs and education associations fear the proposed online charter schools will divert precious tax dollars from public schools to a for-profit, out-of-state company with a shaky track record of managing
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School officials asked about the cost of the program, the responsibilities of the student's learning coach and its relationship with K12 Inc., the for-profit company that Virtual Learning Solutions will partner with for the academy. For DeKalb board
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Charles Unit District 303 received a lengthy cross examination from district officials Monday night. But people at the meeting left it with just about as many questions as when they walked in. Virtual Learning Solutions, a not-for-profit run by a
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North Carolina children as young as 5 may soon be able to receive their public school education online from for-profit companies. The State Board of Education plans to vote Thursday on a special application for virtual schools that want to run public
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While online charter school companies and related advocacy groups spent more than $2 million in the period [...] Just how much of a hot-button issue online charter schools have become in Florida could be plainly seen from the amount of money their
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Specifically, the report focuses on the performance of two operators [...] As Maine lawmakers continue to debate allowing virtual charter schools to operate within their borders, the Maine Education Association, which has been unfailingly critical of
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The state Department of Education has scheduled hearings in Harrisburg on the proposals on Nov. 26, 28, 29 and 30. Two of the organizations submitting proposals previously were rejected for this school year: Mercury Online Charter School of
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