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Atlanta Heights Charter School hosted its First Annual Real Men Readevent yesterday. The program’s goal was to inspire scholars to make reading a daily habit by demonstrating that fathers, teachers, and other significant […]

  GCSA is working to establish a Governing Board Bench of experts in education, business,and specialized fields who have a heart for quality education and a desire to serve communities. […]

  By Elisa A. Falco, Director of Education & Training, GCSA  As a former Clayton County Public Schools teacher, I know first hand the struggles facing this urban district.  While […]

  Ivy Preparatory Academy will host a half-day conference and professional learning opportunity open to all Georgia educators on Thursday, June 5, 2014. The conference is dedicated to sharing innovative practices […]

By Kelly Cadman:  I am going back to the classroom.To those who know me well, you are probably not surprised at all, as children are and always have been my […]

Campbell Brown: It’s amazing school choice is somehow controversial By REDEFINED STAFF On MAY 22, 2014 Editor’s note: Former CNN host turned ed reform advocate Campbell Brown gave a speech Tuesday night at […]

More than 500 hopeful charter school job seekers flooded GCSA’s Saturday March 9th Job Fair held at Ivy Preparatory Academy’s Kirkwood campus. With resumes in hand, candidates had access to […]

To help members of the General Assembly better understand Georgia’s charter schools, GCSA encouraged charter school students to apply for the Georgia House & Senate Page program. Eight charter school students […]

  Photo: Jason Getz, AJC  Baby, it was cold outside, but nearly 2,000 parents, students and school choice advocates wrapped warm yellow scarves around their necks and braved the wind […]

By Nina Rubin: Just last week I interviewed Zachary Jones, a Provost Academy sophomore from Brunswick, GA, for a story about charter school waiting lists. Zach is a young man […]

Atlanta, May 7, 2014  — For families seeking public school alternatives, charter schools are a hoped-for option in Georgia. But while interest in charters is high, the supply of actual charter school seats is not meeting the demand. For 2012-13, […]

By Patti Ghezzi My daughter is a first-grader at International Community School in DeKalb County, a start-up charter school that has been around for 12 years. Parents often ask about my experience […]