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The Washington Post's Michael Alison Chandler looks at how the growth of charter schooling and rapid gentrification in some areas are affecting school diversity in Washington, D.C.

Hernandez, who leads next generation learning investments at the Charter School Growth Fund, predicts that the best new apps will push the boundaries of early childhood development and learning science in at least four areas: executive function, creativity, number sense, and phonemic awareness.

The enrollment growth rate of Bay Area charter schools peaked in 2012 - 2013, with more than 18 percent additional students enrolled than in the previous year.

Charter schools, and philanthropies that support them, should also consider targeting new, less politically fraught, areas for growth and cultivating a more diverse supply of charter school Charter schools, and philanthropies that support them, should also consider targeting new, less politically fraught, areas for growth and cultivating a more diverse supply of charter school charter school models.

The authors conclude that the easy days of Bay Area, and possibly national, charter growth may be over, and that reinvigorating the growth of quality charter schools will require new ideas and new strategic investments.

To understand the decline in growth, Lake, et al., interviewed the operators of 74 different Bay Area charter schools; examined data on school openings, closings, authorizations, and enrollment; and reviewed media coverage, public polling data, demographic data, and facilities leasing and purchasing information.

A legal action fund to promote sector - wide interests in the Bay Area and to engage in lawsuits around Prop 39 and other barriers to growth could benefit all charter schools, especially the small schools that don't have the resources to engage in protracted legal battles.

However, the pace of new charter school openings and enrollment growth in the Bay Area has slowed in recent years (see Figure 2).

The most immediate and overwhelming single factor constraining charter school growth in the Bay Area is a lack of access to affordable school buildings.

While there are many potential paths forward to reinvigorate the growth of quality charter schools in the Bay Area, doing so will require new ideas and new strategic investments.

In a 2015 report, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that the average charter - school student in the Bay Area attained significantly more growth in reading and math than similar students in nearby district schools — and that this difference increased the longer he or she stayed in a charter school.

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The study noted that urban areas like Boston, Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, and Nashville «appear to provide their students with strong enough annual growth in both math and reading that continuous enrollment in an average charter school can erase the typical deficit seen among students in their region.»

When funding follows students, the impact of competition is greater in areas where school - age population growth is slow or declining, as any loss of students to charter schools or nearby districts is immediately seen on the bottom line.

While particularly painful for the families of Truxton and Mount Vernon, barring charter school growth into new areas is a major problem for ALL charter schools, regardless of authorizer.

Renaissance Charter School at Poinciana is hosting an NWEA Challenge for students to demonstrate academic progress and growth on the assessment in the areas of...

Growth Public Schools (GPS) is an innovative K - 8 public charter school that will open its doors in the Sacramento area in the fall of 2017.

ICEF's work coincides with the enormous growth that the California Charter Schools Association has seen in recent years, particularly in the South L.A. region and the area directly surrounding USC.

In fact, measured by percentage growth, funding for charter schools has been the fastest growth area in the entire state education budget, and that was before Governor Malloy went all in on charter schools.

Director, Regional Advocacy, Greater Los Angeles As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Chris leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests across Los Angeles County in the areas of charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

Director, Regional Advocacy, Los Angeles 213-634-4445 [email protected] As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Keith leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests across Los Angeles County in the areas of charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

In Georgia, the growth of autonomous, self - governing charter public schools, that are 100 % open to any child who wished to attend, has been mostly limited to the Atlanta metro area.

Managing Regional Director, San Francisco Bay Area 510-344-7228 [email protected] As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Patrick leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests in the Bay Area such as charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

Director, Regional Advocacy, Greater Los Angeles As part of the Regional Advocacy team, Jason leads policy and advocacy efforts to support member schools» interests across Los Angeles County in the areas of charter school authorization, growth, renewals, funding equity and facilities advocacy.

EP Fellows in the New Orleans area work on strategic projects that make a difference, including: growth plans for expanding charter management organizations ARISE Schools and KIPP New Orleans, financial analysis of teacher retirement plans for Algiers Charter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City Scharter management organizations ARISE Schools and KIPP New Orleans, financial analysis of teacher retirement plans for Algiers Charter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City SCharter School Association, family engagement strategies for Bricolage Academy, and hands - on operations work for ReNEW Schools and Crescent City Schools.

As the founder and leader of ED - Volution Education Group, a boutique K - 12 education consulting firm, she has worked with leading sector entrepreneurs and philanthropies on strategy, new initiative design, partnership creation, growth and launch, and management and the content areas of school turnaround; charter management; state, city and district redesign; and human capital with special focus on school leadership.

Research shows that career pathways can improve teacher evaluation procedures and improve student achievement.13 For example, research from the Emerging Leaders Program — a job - embedded teacher leadership development program — shows that with high - quality training, teacher leaders can quickly improve achievement among students in high - need school districts in places such as New York City, the District of Columbia, and Shelby County, Tennessee.14 Likewise, student achievement growth in schools implementing Teach Plus» T3 Initiative — a teacher - designed turnaround model that trains and supports teacher leaders to improve school outcomes and transform schools — is consistently more than double that of area district and charter schools.15

Using the most up - to - date facts and figures in 2013, TCSA's Strategic Plan is intended to act as a «road map» for future growth, establishing priority impact areas and defining key tactics that will be necessary to achieve our long term goal of increasing the number of children who have access to a high quality charter school education.

Principal Institute extends New Leaders» successful leadership training across a district or charter network, delivering school - centered professional development targeted to address local priorities and individual growth areas.

For instance, he has spoken out against House Bill 1723, which would place a moratorium on the creation of new charter schools, and also to limit the growth of existing institutions in applicable geographic areas.

Prior to taking over Charter Impact, Spencer was the Vice President of Finance for the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools, where his primary areas of concentration included maintenance of all accounting systems, designing and implementing the internal control framework, and developing cash flow projections and forecasts for organizational growth and providing guidance on fiscal best practices.

The foundation's education program pursues this endgame through three major program areas: support for vouchers, both publicly and privately funded; support for charter school start - ups to encourage and enable the rapid growth of the sector; and public policy advocacy, to ensure that the road is clear for expansion with minimal regulatory interference.

I support Colorado charter public schools by providing them with various opportunities for academic and instructional development to support continuous growth and ongoing quality via student performance.I am fortunate to work with an amazing team of professionals in the Colorado League of Charter Schools» Academic Services department who dedicate their time to quality development in the areas of performance management and govecharter public schools by providing them with various opportunities for academic and instructional development to support continuous growth and ongoing quality via student performance.I am fortunate to work with an amazing team of professionals in the Colorado League of Charter Schools» Academic Services department who dedicate their time to quality development in the areas of performance management and goveschools by providing them with various opportunities for academic and instructional development to support continuous growth and ongoing quality via student performance.I am fortunate to work with an amazing team of professionals in the Colorado League of Charter Schools» Academic Services department who dedicate their time to quality development in the areas of performance management and goveCharter Schools» Academic Services department who dedicate their time to quality development in the areas of performance management and goveSchools» Academic Services department who dedicate their time to quality development in the areas of performance management and governance.

Northern California will see tremendous charter school growth this school year, despite precarious budgetary times; 22 charters are opening this school year in the area stretching north from San Joaquin County to Butte County.