Thursday, October 4, 2012
Ember Reichgott Junge was discussed by Elizabeth Hooper in her recent blogs, and now he offers his own opinion.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
As the Democratic lead author of the first charter school law in the nation, I am pleased to be in Georgia this week to support Georgia charter legislation and the constitutional amendment on the November ballot! Passage of this amendment by the people of Georgia will allow Georgia to catch up with most of the other 40 states and District of Columbia in ensuring that your charter law allows the public school choices that Georgia students, parents and teachers deserve. While every state’s law is different, there is one fundamental component of every law that allows choices to flourish—the inclusion of an alternate authorizer or appeals process that doesn’t disadvantage the chartered school. Your support of the constitutional amendment …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
It "has major concerns with the ... impact it will have on Georgia’s 1.67 million public school students," according to a statement from the group.
Under pressure from its national organization to rescind its opposition to a controversial amendment that could restore the state's authority to approve and fund charter schools, the Georgia Parent Teacher Association reaffirmed its stance. "We cannot support this constitutional amendment which will create an inequity in funding, siphon funds from local public schools where the great majority of the students in Georgia receive their education and deny parents meaningful engagement," the group said in a statement released late Friday. "Georgia PTA strongly opposes this constitutional amendment." In July, the state chapter made its position clear: Vote no when you go to the polls in November. While the Georgia PTA supports charter schools …
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
This intensive, one-afternoon workshop helps groups develop quality charter petitions and how to set up governing boards.
So you want to launch a charter school but just aren't sure how to do it. Not to worry, the Georgia Charter Schools Association will present Charter Development 101, a workshop for individuals or groups interested in starting a charter school. The workshop will be held on Friday, July 27, from 1-5 p.m. at 600 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1555, Atlanta, in the 12th floor training room. The session will be taught by Elisa Falco, GCSA’s Director of Education & Training, and a former charter school principal. "We certainly will discuss what some of the challenges are in some of the communities and even in Georgia right now," Falco said. She wants to reach groups starting out who don't know how to do outreach or the researched needed for the …
Thursday, December 16, 2010
State Commission expected to grant approval today.
ATLANTA -- Forsyth County could have its first charter school next year if the Georgia Charter School Commission meeting in Atlanta today approves the application for Global Outreach Academy of Excellence (GOA). GOA petitioned the Forsyth County Board of Education in 2008, but was denied. School superintendents in both Forsyth and Dawson counties have written letters to the commission, opposing the application. However, the state-sanctioned commission, whose seven members are appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor and the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, has the authority to grant the application over the objection of local school systems. Geoff Fretwell, regional vice president of Mosaica Education Inc., the …
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