Policy Points Memo  |  An examination of student proficiency rates shows that Albany public charter school students outperformed district students in five out of the six tested grade levels and that performance gaps between public charters and traditional district schools have grown over time.

Policy Points Memo  |  While union bosses of the statewide and New York City teachers unions claim that they don’t oppose public charter schools, a review the numerous public comments they’ve made shows a different story. Union bosses have routinely mischaracterized these innovative schools and to turn public opinion against them.

Nearly half the state senators voting against a bill that would have expanded school choice options by raising the legal limit on the number of charter schools were themselves the beneficiaries of private schooling or a selective district school.

New York Post   |   New York state officially lost Round 1 of the federal $4 billion Race to the Top competition. To get it together to win in Round 2, lawmakers will have to stop buying the teachers-union line.  Lawmakers must lift the cap on the number of charter schools, but that’s just a start on what’s needed.

While President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan strongly support the growth of charter schools, access to facilities is hindering their growth and the tightening credit markets have dramatically slowed the pace of tax-exempt financing for charter school facilities.  This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the nation’s charter school bond market and explains the characteristics of highly rated charter-school transactions.  Analysis of the Charter-School Bond Market