Tag: charter

Every WNBA team to start using charter flights by May 21

Every WNBA team will start using charter flights to travel to games by May 21. The league made the announcement Thursday, following through on plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season. “As the league previously announced, we would be phasing […]

WNBA will start full-time charter flights this season

The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league’s commissioner announced Tuesday in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns. “We intend to fund a full-time charter for this season,” commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a […]

Study finds authorizer recommendations help predict charter school success

Recommendations from government-sponsored authorizers can help predict whether charter schools flourish or flounder, a study has found. In the findings released Wednesday, the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute analyzed 179 charter school applications filed in North Carolina between 2013 and 2017. (In 2011, the state lifted a cap on the model of independently managed public […]