The elected school board of Buffalo, New York has passed a resolution calling for a moratorium on new charter schools in the city for the next three years. (reclaimourschools.org)
On Wednesday night, the Philadlphia School Reform Commission (which controls the city's schools in lieu of an elected school committee) voted to reject 34 of 39 applications to open new charter schools in the city. (reclaimourschools.org)
Now the independent D.C. Public Charter School Board is the only entity that can authorize new charter schools in the city. (washingtonpost.com)