National Blog

It's National School Choice Week – a chance to celebrate and promote all types of school options for families, including traditional schools, private schools and public charter schools. To celebrate, let's talk about the power of high-quality public charter schools. 

There are more than 6,000 public charter schools in the United States educating more than 2.5 million children. But what are they? And what's the appeal?

In a speech today in Washington D.C., U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan laid out the president's position on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) revision.

According to NPR, "Duncan called the 13-year-old No Child Left Behind law 'tired' and 'prescriptive.'"

I want to thank all of the members of Stand for Children.

Thank you for expecting the very best of every child. For standing up for what’s right and not just what’s easy. And for all of the little things you do every day to make our movement successful.

Showing up to meetings, signing petitions, talking to friends -- I know these moments may not always feel like much, but it is these moments that make up our movement.

Our work for better schools and brighter futures would be nowhere without you.

So thank you. And keep up the amazing work.

I'm tired.

Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, I feel like I haven't slept since last week.

And yet here I am, asking you to do just one more post-Thanksgiving ritual: Giving Tuesday.

Giving Tuesday is about change. Change in our schools and in our neighborhoods. It's about the opportunity to place a great teacher in every classroom. And it's about hope - hope for every child to grow up with aspirations and dreams and the means to fulfill them.