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[Editor’s Note: Approximately 17,000 students are enrolled in tuition-free, virtual public charter schools in Georgia, constituting the largest group of charter students in our state. For those who wonder how online […]

Beginning in July 2015, Elisa Falco, GCSA’s Vice President for School Services, will be offering hour-long, live, interactive webinars, twice each month, to help your board members fulfill their annual […]

[Editor’s Note: Andrew Lewis is Executive Vice President of the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) Here he updates charter school advocates on the progress of charter school-related bills still under […]

Another week of legislative debate over the proposed Opportunity School District school turnaround plan culminates in a visit by Governor Jeb Bush and rap star Ludacris to the Georgia statehouse, […]

By Dr. Elizabeth Kuipers, Most of Georgia’s charter movement has happened in metropolitan areas, yet Furlow Charter School will be in Southwest Georgia. Allow me to paint a picture. Imagine acres […]

By Kylie Holley Pataula Charter Academy (PCA), a Commission charter school serving five rural southwest Georgia counties, recently hosted its first AdvancEd (SACS CASI) accreditation external review. Not only did […]

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 […]