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

Due to Good Friday, Passover and Easter holidays, this is belated news roundup covering March 28-April 3rd. As March turns into April, opinions on all sides of the proposed School […]

GA House passes Governor Deal’s Opportunity School District plan, unleashing a tidal wave of reporting and opinion. Also this week, Dick Yarbrough, now a member of Governor’s Education Reform Commission, […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

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 […]