ANNOUNCEMENTS (by the Office of Charter Schools)
Regular charter application training will be held January 6, 2012 from 10:00 – 12:00, in room 224 North & South at DPI.
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27 New Charter Applications
These are the applicants for the 2012 openings. Wednesday, the Council will pick the initial winners for January interviews. Excel Version. PDF Version.
2 million public charter schoolers!
MIAMI — The number of students attending charter schools has soared to more than 2 million as states pass laws lifting caps and encouraging their expansion, according to figures released Wednesday.
The growth represents the largest increase in enrollment over a single year since charter schools were founded nearly two decades ago. In all, more than 500 new charter schools were opened in the 2011-12 school [...]
CPS Signs Gates Foundation Charter Deal
Chicago is one of 14 cities that will be eligible for millions of dollars in competitive grant funding announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The grants totaling $40 million are expected to be awarded to 10 school districts that have signed foundation-backed agreements to promote cooperation between charter schools and traditional public schools. Chicago signed its agreement, known as [...]
Kennedy Charter basketball
Kennedy Charter School has been playing basketball for a few years now, but the team has never been a factor or anywhere close to one of the state’s elite teams .
That’s changed now.
The Eagles are 4-0 and winning by an average of 53 points per game. At least four of them will play Division I college basketball at a high level, and Monday, Kennedy Charter [...]
Mathematica Policy Research and the University of Washington’s Center for Reinventing Public Education report
The study, titled “Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts,” was produced by Mathematica Policy Research and the University of Washington’s Center for Reinventing Public Education. An interim report was published in November 2010, and new results were released in October. Read more here…
Union Academy wins $15,000 of HON furniture in the “Staples Advantage” drawing!
Staples/HON Furniture $15,000 drawing- Union Academy won the classroom full of furniture! The winner was picked from Alliance entries at the HON booth at our 2011 conference plus each member school got an extra entry for every $500 spent under our Staples Advantage program between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31, 2011. If you are not using our program call Kristin Brucker today at 919-608-3274! You [...]
Board member needed
A national provider is planning to apply for the state’s first virtual charter in April of 2012. We are looking for a business sector representative who can augment our existing board of six members.
Expertise in financial management, leadership, and marketing is preferred as is C level or higher experience.
Contact: Bryan Setser bryan.setser@gmail.com
Charter statutes not updated by SB 8
FYI: The NC General Statutes, as published at www.ncleg.net, the GA website, have not been updated by the provisions of Senate Bill 8. LexisNexis provides this service, both the online downloads and hard copies, but they are getting to legislative staff only next month. Therefore, caution should be exercised by both fast track applicants and those applying in 2012 for 2013 openings and others referring [...]
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