by Georgia Charter Schools Association
This is a 3 week news roundup. Here are the stories you should be paying attention to:
- Urban Land Institute runs lengthy feature story on Drew Charter School and its vision of community redevelopment, centered on education and recreation. Tom Cousins also reflects on the Drew Charter School redevelopment plan in an article in Georgia Trend.
- AJC Columnist Kyle Wingfield says dispute between APS and the BeltLine obscures real issues of school quality and need for turaround, says charters should be in the mix.
- Columbia County School for the Arts (Augusta area) submits its charter petition to local district once again
- Macon Charter Academy moves ahead with construction, says it will open in time for 2015-16 school year. Another nice feature in the Macon Telegraph details MCA’s curriculum approach.
- Virtual charter school teachers says that online education allows her to tailor her classroom experience and meet individual needs, CharterConfidential.com
- THINC Charter College & Career Academy in LaGrange will be ready for August opening
- Bibb County adds charter school to Esplost project list
- Macon charter school, Academy for Classical Education contends that district owes them money. Board chair says that estimated funding didn’t include money ACE was supposed to get for children with special needs or exceptional and gifted kids.
- Catoosa chooses charter district flexibility option
- New report shows that virtual charters are helping close achievement gap for low income students
- EdWeek covers the move towards school turnaround districts, including Georgia’s proposed OSD
- Positive story on new Hephzibah charter school and its community buy-in
- Rural charter school champion Terry Ryan, speaks to the strengths of chartering in City Schools of Dublin, GA
- Former Fulton County Superintendent Robert Avossa expected to bring charter options and choice to new job in Palm Beach County
- Lookout Mountain, GA, near Tennesee border, seeks a charter for Lula Lake Academy
- Columbia School for the Arts is again denied charter petition by local school board. Petition will now go before State Charter Schools Commission.
- GCSA joins 39 state charter organizations to support charter school quality initiative of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
- Awards luncheon by State Charter School Systems organization selects Fulton County as district of the year. Lt. Governor Casey Cagle delivers keynote.
- Gwinnett County school board denies two charter petitions
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.
