School Choice Archives | Georgia Charter Schools Association /tag/school-choice/ Free, Public, and Open to All. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:57:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Don’t Deny Public Charter School Students Access to Extracurriculars /blog/dont-deny-public-charter-school-students-access-to-extracurriculars/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:35:26 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=956 Ashley-Kay Wyatt was a freshman at Brantley County High School in southeastern Georgia when boys happened. Unimpressed by her handling of the transition into the high school, her parents pulled her from Brantley High after one semester. They enrolled her Georgia Cyber Academy, one of Georgia's statewide, online, “virtual” public charter schools.

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]]> Atlanta Homebuyers Willing to Pay for Charter School Options /blog/atlanta-homebuyers-willing-to-pay-for-charter-school-options/ Wed, 19 Aug 2015 18:08:45 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=912 By 91ɫƵ As we noted in an earlier blog post, the presence of a good public charter school has an impact on home sales in Metro Atlanta and also drives […]

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]]> Jarod Apperson: Pair Parental Choice With High Accountability /blog/jarod-apperson-pair-parental-choice-with-high-accountability/ Thu, 02 Jul 2015 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=742 By Jarod Apperson Over the past 50 years, the expansion of educational choice has become a favorite rallying cry of politicians and other education advocates who view it as an […]

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]]> Online Charter Schools: Tailoring the Classroom Experience /blog/online-charter-schools-tailoring-the-classroom-experience/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:31:14 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=703 By Krista Kunkle The classroom is changing.  Just as our marketers are learning to personalize their products, so are our schools. Each child comes from a unique “template,” so schools […]

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]]> Why Don’t More Civil Rights Groups Support School Choice? /blog/why-dont-more-civil-rights-groups-support-school-choice/ Fri, 29 May 2015 17:43:21 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=694 By Travis Pillow    Last week, at a gathering of school choice supporters in New Orleans, a pair of Georgia state lawmakers talked about the importance of educational choice, and […]

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]]> Ivy Prep Academy's First Graduating Class: 100% College Admissions Rate /blog/ivy-prep-academys-first-graduating-class-100-college-admissions-rate/ Sat, 23 May 2015 12:49:34 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=669 By Aileen Dodd, Ivy Prep Academy, the girl’s charter school that survived a state Supreme Court challenge, will graduate its inaugural class of seniors at 2 p.m. Saturday in a […]

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]]> Charter School Incubator, New Schools for Georgia, Opens Application Process /blog/charter-school-incubator-new-schools-for-georgia-opens-application-process/ Thu, 21 May 2015 20:33:35 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=680 By 91ɫƵ Do you have a mission, vision, commitment, and passion for improving public education? If this describes you, consider applying to New Schools for Georgia’s Charter School Incubator program by […]

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]]> Westside Atlanta Charter … Changing Lives One Young Life at a Time /blog/westside-atlanta-charter-changing-lives-one-young-life-at-a-time/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 15:25:16 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=592 By Mike Klein, Frank Sinatra made the New York myth and legend seem so attractive – “I want to be part of it, New York, New York” – but after […]

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]]> School Choice for All Students /blog/school-choice-students/ Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:23:07 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=399 By Allen West and Rich Thompson This is the story of two young black students who attended challenging Georgia public schools not long after the civil rights movement. They both […]

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]]> Overwhelming majority of Georgia voters support charter public schools, new poll says /press-releases/overwhelming-majority-of-georgia-voters-support-charter-public-schools-new-poll-says/ /press-releases/overwhelming-majority-of-georgia-voters-support-charter-public-schools-new-poll-says/#respond Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:23:40 +0000 http://www.gacharters.org/?p=12827 Atlanta, GA – A new statewide poll released this week from McLaughlin & Associates shows that 72% of Georgia voters support innovative, self-governing, and highly accountable charter public schools. African-American […]

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