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Baconton Community Charter School Leader Lynn Pinson is the recipient of this year’s Shoot for the Moon (Charter School Leader of the Year) Award. The award was sponsored by Office […]

Hundreds of school leaders, teachers, board members and charter school advocates took part in the 2017 Georgia Charter Schools Conference at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel in Cobb County on […]

Georgia Charter Schools Association wants to congratulate KIPP WAYS Academy for winning the 2017 Charter School of the Year Award. The award is given by Georgia Charter Schools Association but was […]

Congratulations to this year’s Charter School of the Year finalists. The finalists were chosen by a special committee made up of non-Georgia Charter School Association staff members. The committee was comprised of a representative from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, a previous Charter School of the Year winner, The Coca-Cola Foundation and the community. The winner of the award will be announced next week during a special luncheon at the 2017 Georgia Charter Schools Conference. The charter school selected for the top honor will receive $50,000 for their school thanks to a generous grant award from The Coca-Cola Foundation.

Photo Caption: Centennial Academy Art Teacher Henry Blackmon stands by several of his paintings inside Georgia’s Capitol. Centennial Academy Art Teacher Henry Blackmon displayed his artwork at the Georgia Capitol […]

Westside Atlanta Charter School students will now be able to take virtual field trips to other countries and continents thanks to Google Expeditions virtual reality kits the school was able […]

Attention *New* Board Members   Who:   Board members of locally approved schools who have served less             than one year and have not received […]

Last Friday, Rep. Buzz Brockway, R-Lawrenceville, filed House Bill 430, a charter school equity and charter authorizer accountability bill incorporating the charter school recommendations coming out of the 2015 Education Reform Commission. The […]

Charles R. Drew Charter School Teacher Claudia Fitzwater is one of three Georgia educators to win the 2016-2017 Innovation in Teaching Competition. Gov. Nathan Deal announced the winners on Tuesday, […]

On Friday, January 13, more than 300 people came to an education town hall held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. The purpose of the town hall […]

Charles R. Drew Charter School Teacher Claudia Fitzwater is one of three Georgia educators to win the 2016-2017 Innovation in Teaching Competition. Gov. Nathan Deal announced the winners on Tuesday, […]

Georgia Charter Schools Association wants to congratulate Charles R. Drew Charter School student Alvin Winston. Winston has been selected as a delegate to the 55th annual United States Senate Youth Program […]