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Atlanta, GA – Facilities expansion plans for Lake Oconee Academy (LOA), a Greene County public charter school, suffered a setback today with a Georgia Supreme Court ruling that denied revenue bonds for construction. […]

By Wanda Hopkins McClure,  Amana Academy is a K-8 public charter school in Alpharetta, Georgia, that has embraced the project-based model called Expeditionary Learning (EL) for the past nine years.  […]

Charter news unfolded slowly this week with more analysis of what Louisiana-style recovery school district efforts have produced, and then caught steam as the Georgia senate voted in favor of […]

By J. Renee Gordon, Imagine going out to buy a house and having no idea of what you are looking for.  Not the number of bedrooms or baths, if it […]

As the week opens, Georgia Legislators prepare travel to Louisiana to observe school turnaround efforts, and many weigh in on the Opportunity School District Plan. By week’s end the quarter-backing […]

By Dr. Monica Henson,  There has been quite the hue and cry raised across the Bible Belt and beyond about the content of Advanced Placement U. S. History (APUSH), Georgia […]

[Editor’s Note: Here’s a closer look at the efforts taken by Ivy Preparatory Academy, a state-authorized charter school, to improve the performance of boys in their Young Men’s Leadership Academy. Nobody […]

The news floodgates open this week as stakeholders, politicians and the press react to Governor Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District (OSD) plan; Thoughtful piece in Sunday AJC looks inside a […]

By Russ Moore, How likely are the following statements to be true about any public school you ever attended? This school: Was named after extensive focus groups with students, and […]

Another blockbuster week in Georgia charter school news as legislation is introduced in the GA General Assembly to create Opportunity School Districts. Former opponent of Amendment One, Athens columnist Myra Blackmon […]