by Georgia Charter Schools Association
Due to Good Friday, Passover and Easter holidays, this is belated news roundup covering March 28-April 3rd. As March turns into April, opinions on all sides of the proposed School Turnaround plan show up in the news. Augusta’s first charter school secures a site to build, there is excitement around the state over Foothills Charter School, an alternative high school option, and Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Middle School students win TAGEd robotics competition.
- , a high school dropout recovery option in Madison County, announces its August 2015 opening.
- , one of the state’s first CCA’s gets good press; Floyd County school district also announces it intends to .
- Proposed announces that it has secured land to build.
- Op Ed columnist Tom Crawford in many newspapers around the state, contends it gives the Governor too much power.
- In Savannah area, on proposed school turnaround plan.
- AJC Get Schooled continues to fire away at the OSD using critical surrogates; ; runs a piece by academics that cites how , and offers that the status quo must be disrupted for education reform to take hold.
- Atlanta Neighborhood Charter Middle schoolers take
- Cherokee Charter Academy is not harmed by drop in student enrollment,
- Georgia’s plan to use chartering to expand educational options for inmates is
Georgia Charter Schools Association
The Georgia Charter Schools Association (91桃色视频) is the membership organization for Georgia鈥檚 charter school operators and petitioners, established in 2001. Our mission is to be an effective advocate and service provider for all charter public schools in Georgia.
