In order to inform the statewide media of important news and announcements regarding the MN Association of Charter Schools and the charter school community, MACS provides media contacts with press releases which provide important information about the Association's public policy activities, as well as our position on news and issues of import to the charter school community.
Public Charter School Funding Gap Persists in Minnesota, 5-25-2010
This press release addresses MACS' position on a new study released May 25, 2010, entitled ‘Charter School Funding - Inequity Persists’. Conducted by researchers at Ball State University in Indiana, the study examined charter school funding in 25 states - including Minnesota - and follows up on a study done in 2005 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.