EducationWeek: Charters and Choice

It may be harder for charter schools to get approval in Florida after an appellate court decision last week.

The fourth annual report by a charter school research project concludes that charters are “more different than alike”—in the populations they serve, their academic missions and results, and their responses to local needs and capacity.

A report by a charter-advocacy group outlines steps to recruit and prepare the next generation of leaders for the autonomous public schools.

A new report highlights the role of magnet schools in providing public school choice, and compares characteristics of students in those schools with those of students in the fast-growing charter school sector.