Recently, the anti-school choice machine has turned up its rhetoric machine. They’re taking fresh swipes at the those who want to let parents and children choose for themselves—and, in the end, they’re forgetting what matters most—Michigan students.
When public charter schools were created in Michigan statute more than 25 years ago, lawmakers created more than just a new type of school. They created a new educational practice: authorizing.
Recently, the Michigan Council of Charter School Authorizers partnered with the National Charter Schools Institute and Michigan Department of Education to share a video examining what it means to be an authorizer in Michigan.
In the face of a global pandemic, charter schools throughout the state have gone above and beyond to continue serving their students and communities.
Today, we sat down with Amy Burdick, Food Director for North Star Academy in Marquette, Michigan, to learn about how her school has continued to provide essential meals to its students.
Twenty-five years. That’s how long it’s been since Michigan’s charter school law was first enacted. That’s a quarter century of schools that put student needs first. Schools producing results that matter. Schools thriving under the toughest accountability of any public school in Michigan—or even across the U.S.
