by Georgia Charter Schools Association
This report covers Georgia charter school news from just before Christmas, through the first week of 2015. The year ended with a flurry of important stories, and 2015 began with much good news.
2014
- AJC story on new CCRPI scores misleads readers into thinking that charter school performance slipped in a significant way, when in fact some charter scores were low, but many improved! Please do read Tony Roberts spot-on response to the misleading AJC story, which we posted on CharterConfidential.
- AJC redeems itself with a relatively fair and balanced story on GCSA’s new charter school incubator project. GA Pundit takes note.
- New charter career academy for Griffin area
- Valdosta’s new Scintilla Charter Academy ups its opening enrollment numbers
- Cherokee Charter Academy posts high scores on CCRPI
2015
- Bibb County’s interim superintendent says district will consider charter status
- Valdosta Daily Times editorial praises Scintilla charter option
- New Board member in Peach County champions charter high school
- Three finalists announced for 2015 GCSA charter school of the year
- Atlanta Magazine profiles charter schools, with in-depth look at Clayton County’s Utopian Academy for the Arts
- Bishop Hall charter HS opens new building, gets lots of positive press
- Cyber Academy student leverages flexibility for unusual studies
- New poll indicates that an overwhelming majority of GA voters support charter schools and expanded charter options
- Scarlet Hawk compares “disruptive” startups like Uber to the charter school movement on CharterConfidential blog
- CharterConfidential blogger Jamie Lord suggests that when charter schools are an issue that 72% of GA voters agree on, GA legislators ought to pay attention.
Georgia Charter Schools Association
The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) is the membership organization for Georgia’s charter school operators and petitioners, established in 2001. Our mission is to be an effective advocate and service provider for all charter public schools in Georgia.
