The Inside Scoop

Two surprise announcements lead the news this week: 1) that former State Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan will become the head of Ivy Preparatory Academies, 2) that Erin Hames, an architect […]

Teachers and administrators at Utopian Academy for the Arts, a public charter school in Riverdale, GA, are looking forward to a smooth start to the school year today when nearly 300 […]

Atlanta, GA — Alisha Thomas Morgan, the former state legislator who co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment expanding school choice in Georgia, will continue her advocacy in public education as the new […]

Back to school news is front and center as Georgia’s charter schools prepare to welcome students for the 2015-16 year. Opening of the new THINc Charter Career Academy is heralded […]

By Rich Thompson For students in Georgia, this week marks that joyous and sometimes tearful moment known as the first day of school. Being the GenerationX-er that I am, it seems […]

By GCSA Charter schools are thriving in Georgia. Eleven new startup charter schools are opening their doors in Early August, 2015. In this post we profiled six new charters that […]

By GCSA As the calendar runs down to the opening days of school, many are asking where Georgia’s newest startup charter schools will be opening?  Here’s the list of locally authorized […]

[This report covers three weeks of news stories.] In the quiet of summer, July ends with a somewhat negative bang as the AJC takes aim at charter schools, Richmond County […]

By Tony Roberts Ben Christopher Jakes, a friend to youth, Founder and CEO of Destiny Achievers Academy of Excellence, and former board member of the Georgia Charter Schools Association, passed […]

By GCSA A new blog and news site from education activist and former TV news anchor Campbell Brown is making waves in education reform circles. It’s called The Seventy Four, referring to […]

Georgia PTO Presents:The Georgia Parent Leadership SummitSaturday, July 11, 2015 | KIPP Strive Academy1444 Lucille Avenue, SW | Atlanta GA 30310 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM       Join Robin Dyke […]