The Inside Scoop

[Editor’s Note: The letter shared below was sent yesterday to members of the DeKalb County Board of Education under the signature of Matthew Lewis, chairman of the board of the Druid Hills Charter […]

By Michael O’Sullivan A recently released National Alliance for Public Charter Schools report ranked Georgia 22nd of 43 in how our charter school laws stack up against other states. The alliance […]

Oh, that every week could be as full of good charter news as this one! It began with Kyle Wingfield’s hard-hitting weekend Op Ed on school choice http://on-ajc.com/Z9Vmmq. Our new […]

By Scarlet Hawk Choice is a funny thing. You want to always have one in any situation, yet there is a comfort to having no responsibility for making a decision. […]

By Bert Brantley I am not a typical charter school supporter. I attended traditional public schools while growing up in Valdosta. My wife attended traditional public schools in Henry County […]

Governor Deal’s Ludacris charter school moment continued to make headlines and generate buzz around the country this week http://bit.ly/1BsQdCm; http://bit.ly/1rFnYzK; Academy for Classical Education opens in Macon with fanfare http://bit.ly/1ywJjQA; […]

[This appeared yesterday in the AJC’s “Get Schooled” education blog] By Kylie Holley Charters don’t “work” in rural America? They don’t “respond to markets,” they “lack connectiveness,” and offer “no […]

More districts wrestle with the pros and cons of going charter  ttp://bit.ly/1pgBLGY; http://bit.ly/1u3hCbq, http://bit.ly/1thot36, http://bit.ly/1udC1ul. Thoughtful reactions to last week’s story on Deal’s possible support for Charter Recovery District, http://bit.ly/1qFEtfn; Kyle […]

By Scarlet Hawk Governor Deal announced last Wednesday that he would like the General Assembly to consider the creation of a New Orleans-style Recovery School District in Georgia. As he was […]

By Michael O’Sullivan With Governor Nathan Deal’s announcement that he’d like to see a statewide school district to turn around failing schools, the next question becomes, well, what might that […]

By Dr. Monica Henson I am delighted to welcome you to Charter Confidential, the Georgia blog for charters by charter leaders and supporters. This vehicle is intended to generate conversation […]

By Nina Rubin So much has been written about the importance of strong, visionary school leaders, but probably not enough about the human problem of charter school burnout. One of those visionary school leaders […]