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Resurgence Hall Charter School in College Park has only been open for a few months, but Kindergartners at the charter school are already making noticeable progress in reading. In August, Kindergartners took the Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress (STEP) literacy assessment. In October, Kindergartners were retested. 70 percent the students grew by one reading level and 30 percent grew by two or more levels.

Oglethorpe Charter School Teacher Nicole Wofford Dillon has been selected as a finalist for Savannah-Chatham 2019 Teacher of the Year award. Dillon currently teaches English Language Arts at Oglethorpe and has worked at the Savannah charter school for four years.

APS Charter Enrollment Climbs A new enrollment share report released this week by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found that 17 percent of all students enrolled in Atlanta […]

On October 11, Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Fulton Leadership Academy is among six September recipients of the Innovation Fund Tiny Grant Award. The competitive grant award allows Georgia’s charter schools, […]

Amana Academy has been selected as a finalist for the 2017 STEM Education Awards sponsored by the Technology Association of Georgia and TAG Education Collaborative. The school is a finalist […]

FY 2017 Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grant Competition Winners Georgia Charter Schools Association congratulates the 13 charter schools that were awarded a Planning, Implementation or Dissemination Grant in the FY […]

Two Academy for Classical Education tenth graders created a program called “We Are More Alike Than We Thought.”As part of the program, ACE Kendall Joyner (pictured above left) and Ben […]

On Saturday, October 7, more than 300 volunteers from KIPP Vision, Delta Air Lines, Hands On Atlanta and the community transformed an empty field into a new playground for students […]

Are some Georgia students more important than others? Do some students deserve better facilities, buses, and instructional resources? The obvious answer is no, but you might be surprised to know […]

              Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys and Genesis Innovation Academy for Girls are among the newest state-approved charter schools to open their doors this […]

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The Board of Directors for Georgia Charter Schools Association has selected Dr. Mike Dishman as its newest member. Dishman is a Professor of Education Policy & Governance, and serves as the […]