D.C. approves four new charter schools

Four new charter schools — including the District’s first Hebrew-immersion program — have been approved to open in 2013, on top of four new schools opening their doors this fall.

On the menu: an adult-education school meant to prepare students for community college; an early childhood program with an extended day and a lengthened school year; a college-prep program; and an unusual Hebrew language-immersion school intended to serve preschoolers through eighth-graders. The D.C. Public Charter School Board also voted to allow successful charter operator KIPP DC to open another campus next year.