Resources on the Funding Clash Between Charters and Baltimore City Public Schools

The Maryland law concerning funding for charter schools

Official Documents

• Maryland State Board of Education Policy: The Charter School Program (2010), downloaded here, October 11, 2015
• Proposed New Charter School Funding Formula, memo from CEO Gregory Thornton to Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners via Alison Perkins-Cohen, Executive Director of New Initiatives, Sept. 4, 2015
• City Schools Continues Collaboration with Stakeholders on Charter School Funding, BCPS Press Release, Sept. 11, 2015
• City Neighbors Charter School Et Al. v. Baltimore City Board of School Commisioners Et Al. Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. 31 Aug. 2006.

News Coverage

• Schmoke exits talks with Baltimore charters, district The Baltimore Sun, Erica L. Green, Oct. 20, 2015
• Tensions rise at City Council discussion of charter-school funding, Rachel Cohen, Baltimore City Paper, Oct. 8, 2015
• Baltimore City Council holds hearing on charter school funding, WBAL-TV11, Oct. 8, 2015
• Despite Mediation Efforts, Baltimore Charter School Lawsuit Moves Forward, Zenitha Prince, AFRO, Oct. 7, 2015
• Baltimore Charter School Lawsuit Expands, WBAL-TV11, Oct. 6, 2015
• Charter school supporters rally for funding, Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 26, 2015
• City school system scraps charter funding change as Schmoke enters talks, Colin Campbell, The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 22, 2015
• City charter schools file lawsuit against school system over funding, Erica L. Green, The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 10, 2015
• Nearly a Dozen Baltimore Charter School Suing City’s System, Christie Ileto, WJZ, Sept. 10, 2015
• City schools proposes new charter funding, meets same resistance, Erica L. Green, The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 8, 2015
• Baltimore city charter school leaders say funding falls short, Erica L. Green, The Baltimore Sun, April 23, 2015
• Charter school funding adjusted in Md., Ylan Q. Mui, The Washington Post, May 25, 2005

Opinion

• A two-year charter funding plan for Baltimore, Matt Hornbeck, The Baltimore Sun, Oct. 19, 2015
• We posed questions to the stakeholders in the charter-school funding debate. Here are their answers, Rachel Cohen, Baltimore City Paper, Oct. 7, 2015
• Baltimore principals call for funding forums [Commentary], Matt Hornbeck and Joe Manko, The Baltimore Sun, May 22, 2014
  

General Context for Understanding Baltimore’s Budget and Equity

• Thoughts on School Funding & Baltimore, Bruce D. Baker, School Finance 101, May 15, 2015

Related Issues

• Josh Kurtz: Getting Schooled by Larry Hogan, Center Maryland blog, Oct. 5, 2015
• Losing Langston Hughes, Helen Atkinson and Ben Dalbey, Teachers’ Democracy Project, Sept. 11, 2015
• A New Course: Larry Hogan wants to change Maryland’s unique charter school laws and bring in more charters, but will kids suffer?, Rachel Cohen, Baltimore City Paper, Aug. 4, 2015
• Maryland Senate panel approves watered-down charter school bill, Ovetta Wiggins and Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post, March 31, 2015

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