Press Releases

Charter schools are thriving in Georgia. Eleven new startup charter schools are opening their doors in Early August, 2015. Last week we profiled six new charters that were authorized by their […]

Atlanta, GA – The board of directors and the membership of the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA) have unanimously approved Mark Peevy, Executive Director of Secondary Education Initiatives for the Georgia Technical […]

The Georgia Charter Schools Association is now ACCEPTING PRESENTATION PROPOSALS for the 2016 Charter Schools Conference, February 3-5 at the Marriott Century Center, Atlanta, GA 30345. We’re looking for engaging presenters and sessions […]

Georgia PTO Presents: Georgia Parent Leadership SummitSaturday, July 11, 2015 | KIPP Strive Academy1444 Lucille Avenue, SW | Atlanta GA 30310 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM Register online: https://georgiaptoleadershipsummit.eventbrite.com  Georgia PTO […]

New Orleans, LA – In a bold move to improve the quality and accountability of public education for students across the nation, 39 state- and city-based public charter school support organizations, collectively […]

Atlanta GA — New Schools for Georgia, Georgia’s Charter School Incubator, is seeking applications from mission-driven teams to develop and expand rigorous, innovative, and high-quality school options in Georgia. Through the […]

Effective April 1, 2015, RaShaun Holliman is promoted from Director of Outreach to Vice President of Outreach and Communications. And Nina Rubin is promoted to Director of Special Projects and […]

Atlanta, GA – Facilities expansion plans for Lake Oconee Academy (LOA), a Greene County public charter school, suffered a setback today with a Georgia Supreme Court ruling that denied revenue bonds for construction. […]

Atlanta, GA — Lake Oconee Academy (LOA), a PreK-9 public charter school in Greensboro, GA, that was a 2014 National Blue Ribbon School, has now been named one of the […]

Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Charter Schools Association’s 2nd Annual Leadership Conference named Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School (ANCS), an APS public charter school located in Atlanta’s Grant Park/Ormewood neighborhood, the 2015 […]

Charter schools are required to be innovators and think tanks to help lead school reform, but we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Come join experienced public school educators and […]

Atlanta, GA – Georgia’s charter school and education reform community will be well represented on Governor Nathan Deal’s new Education Reform Commission – a component of the education reform measures announced in his […]