For charter school extra credit: What’s the difference between accommodating and cheating?

Last week, the Colorado Department of Education released an outside audit of standardized testing procedures at Pueblo’s Cesar Chavez Academy. In essence, the audit found that while an unusually high number of students received accommodations (usually extra time or…

Colorado charter school gone bad

Everybody loves charter schools these days, from the Gates Foundation to researchers.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan likes charter schools so much he has made them a cornerstone of his education reform plan, requiring schools to lift…