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Educators may earn valuable Professional Learn Units (PLUs) by attending the 2011 Georgia Charter Schools Association Annual Conference, Oct. 5-7, at the Macon Marriott City Center Hotel.

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Four of the five candidates for the vacant Atlanta Board of Education District 2 seat have completed a brief questionnaire  from the Georgia Charter Schools Association, giving insight into their positions on charter schools.  All expressed at least moderate support for charter schools in their responses.

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A recent study of Georgia’s independent, start-up charter schools has found that, in many cases, students and educators in those schools are forced to learn and work in inadequate facilities, due to their school districts’ failure to follow state law. 

Research for the study, titled “Shortchanged Charters: How Funding Disparities Hurt Georgia’s Charter Schools,” was sponsored by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and conducted by the Colorado League of Charter Schools with assistance from the .

The Supreme Court of Georgia, by a narrow vote of 4-3 on May 16, 2011, ruled that the only alternative charter authorizing body in Georgia, the State Charter Commission, was unconstitutional. Here is the opinion expressed by the majority…

Membership to GCSA is conducted each year from June 1st to September 30th.  Organizations not renewed by September 30th will not be eligible for the many benefits of membership such […]

State officials announced that a plan forged by Governor Nathan Deal and members of the State legislature will forward fund the bricks-and-mortar state chartered special schools for an amount equal to the average local district share calculated as if locally approved charter schools.

Georgia Charter Schools Association President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Roberts said: “On behalf of the thousands of children and parents who will benefit from this, our deepest thanks go to Governor Nathan Deal, House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, and State Superintendent John Barge for acting quickly and meaningfully to make sure these charter school students could continue in their school of choice.”

The 2011 National Charter Schools Conference  was once again a success, as thousands involved in the charter world — from teachers, administrators, parents and board members to vendors and other […]

Eleven charter schools that had been approved by the now defunct Georgia Charter Schools Commission, have been approved Tuesday by the Georgia Board of Education.

GCSA President and Chief Executive Officer Tony Roberts said of the vote: “We are extremely pleased that the state acted as quickly as it did to address this issue. Superintendent John Barge, members of the State Board of Education, and the Charter Schools Division are to be commended for cutting through the government bureaucracy and other barriers to do what is right for the students and families impacted by the Supreme Court decision to disband the Georgia Charter Schools Commission.  Now we are hopeful the Governor and members of the State legislature are working to find a way to make the funding levels more viable for these schools.”