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Alaska
NPR.org - November 17, 2025
For more than a decade, the Kuspuk School District asked Alaska's education department for the money to fix a rotting elementary school. The school, in the small and predominantly Indigenous community of Aniak in western Alaska, was in deep need of repairs. The nearby Kuskokwim River had flooded the 88-year-old building several times. The walls…
Florida
Bradenton Herald - November 14, 2025
Two charter school companies submitted letters to the School District of Manatee County indicating interest in taking over district facilities under a new state law. On Tuesday, Florida’s “Schools of Hope” law went into effect, which allows charter school companies to “co-locate” in unused or underperforming public school facilities. The School District of Manatee County…
Florida
Fort Myers Beach - November 5, 2025
Fort Myers Beach Mayor Dan Allers has proposed to the Lee County school district that the Fort Myers Beach Elementary School be turned over to the town to be operated as a municipal charter school and that the school district provide the town $12 million to build a new municipal charter school. The proposal was…
Alaska
Anchorage Daily News - September 29, 2025
Anchorage School District officials say they are coupling this year’s effort to close more elementary schools with a plan to add child care operations to vacant classrooms. A proposal for where those child care centers will be located is set to be released alongside the district’s recommended school closures at an Oct. 7 Anchorage School…
Florida
FOX13 Tampa Bay - September 26, 2025
Florida’s Board of Education has voted to expand the reach of charter schools across the state, building on the "Schools of Hope" program created in 2017. That program was originally designed to give families in struggling districts more options outside of failing schools. The backstory: This year, lawmakers loosened restrictions — allowing charter operators to…
Montana
NonStop Local - September 10, 2025
Rural schools in Montana continue to grapple with funding needs despite the release of federal Title funds earlier this summer. Superintendents acknowledge the assistance but emphasize that the financial boost does not address all ongoing challenges. Les Meyer, Superintendent of Frenchtown School District, highlighted the primary concerns. "Probably the biggest thing is our people and…
Montana
NonStop Local - September 10, 2025
Rural schools in Montana continue to grapple with funding needs despite the release of federal Title funds earlier this summer. Superintendents acknowledge the assistance but emphasize that the financial boost does not address all ongoing challenges. Les Meyer, Superintendent of Frenchtown School District, highlighted the primary concerns. "Probably the biggest thing is our people and…
Vermont
VT Digger - September 9, 2025
After past programmatic moves that it acknowledged can disrupt student learning, The New School of Montpelier is setting down solid roots on the college green in Montpelier. With last year’s purchase of Bishop-Hatch Hall at 41 College Street and Alumnx Hall at 45 College Street from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, The New School…
Indiana
Chalkbeat Indiana - September 8, 2025
Over 50 Indianapolis charter and private schools have applied to share transportation and school building resources as part of a new pilot program. The application submitted to the Indiana Department of Education is from TogetherEd, an Indianapolis-based nonprofit that assists charter schools. It lists a collective of 28 independent charter schools and 22 charters affiliated…