Press Releases

Eleven Georgia Charter Schools Named  “Title 1 Distinguished Schools” (January 17, 2012) ATLANTA — Eleven public charter schools in Georgia that serve economically disadvantaged students have earned the designation of […]

ATLANTA, GA January 11, 2012 – The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA), speaking on behalf of Georgia charter schools and the thousands of students they serve, applauds Governor Nathan Deal for […]

—  A free community meeting on school choice options is coming to Warner Robins on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 6-8 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, 207 North Willie Lee […]

ATLANTA, GA:  January 3, 2012 — Dr. Otho Tucker, CEO of Lake Oconee Academy, a high achieving public charter school in Greensboro, GA, has been named board chair of the […]

The GCSA and several GCSA member schools are featured in a newly-released news feature by ChoiceMedia.TV, a new website dedicated to news and information on public education and school choice issues. The piece, titled “The Day the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” talks about the May Georgia Supreme Court decision that declared the Georgia Charter Schools Commission unconstitutional, and sent 16 Commission-approved charter schools scrambling for survival.

The list of achievements garnered by Fulton Science Academy Middle School is seemingly endless. The Alpharetta school’s prowess was most recently validated by the U.S. Department of Education’s 2011 National […]

For the first time in the nine-year history of the event, the annual conference of the GCSA will be held outside of metro Atlanta. About 400 charter school supporters are expected to attend the GCSA Charter Schools Conference, Oct. 6 and 7, at the Macon Marriott City Center Hotel. The theme for the Conference, the only statewide gathering of the entire Georgia charter school community, is “Planting, Growing and Sustaining a Quality Charter School.”

Destiny Achievers Academy of Excellence:  Helping Students Get Back on Track Moving students from being on the verge of dropping out of high school, to being high school graduates is […]

Fulton Science Academy Charter Middle School has been selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a 2011 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The school will be honored at a formal ceremony in Washington D.C., Nov.  14-15. The Blue Ribbon School Program honors public and private K-12 schools for their academic excellence and ability to help students achieve at very high scholastic levels.

Educators may earn valuable Professional Learn Units (PLUs) by attending the 2011 Georgia Charter Schools Association Annual Conference, Oct. 5-7, at the Macon Marriott City Center Hotel.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Golden Isles Career Academy To Golden Isles Career Academy CEO Rick Townsend, managing the Brunswick charter schools is all about teamwork, partnerships and balance. For starters, there’s the […]

Four of the five candidates for the vacant Atlanta Board of Education District 2 seat have completed a brief questionnaire  from the Georgia Charter Schools Association, giving insight into their positions on charter schools.  All expressed at least moderate support for charter schools in their responses.