Charter Schools

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 20, 2013: In the wake of a Missouri Supreme Court ruling on transfers of students who live in…

In 2009, KIPP Inspire Academy opened its doors in St. Louis. Since then, the charter school has grown from a single class of 80 5th graders to a school of…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: When DeTony Thomas was in fourth grade, four long years ago, he went to a school that sounds like the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Shearwater High School, a charter school established three years ago to give students who had dropped…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 13, 2013 - When my wife and I found out we were having a baby, we began looking for…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 11, 2012 - By passing a law to expand charter schools, the Missouri legislature said it wanted…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 14, 2012 - With a new law in place that could lead to more charter schools across Missouri, the…

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay announced Thursday that three new charter schools will open next fall. That will bring to 18 the number of schools that have…

The state says five Missouri charter schools are financially stressed.Four of the schools are in St. Louis - Carondolet Leadership Academy, Grand Center…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 5, 2012 - Starting a charter school isn’t easy. But based on the experience of the Renaissance…