Nearly 1,000 charter schools in state

11-23-2011

Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess

With a net addition of 70 schools this year, 7 percent of California students – about one in 14 students – now attend a charter school. In Los Angles Unified, it’s more than one in 10 students; in Oakland, it’s one in five. The California Charter Schools Association released its annual census on Tuesday. There are now 982 charters in the state, the most in the nation. One hundred started this fall despite a very inhospitable climate for opening new schools; in addition, 30 closed. “In spite of the challenges, charters continue to open,” said Jed Wallace, CCSA president and CEO. “This speaks to the momentum of the charter movement.” And that is expected to continue next fall, with dozens of schools in the pipeline, he said. New schools, especially those that roll out a few grades each year, feel the squeeze. (more...)

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