At its January meeting, the State DOE Charter Committee moved to action approval of three
new startup charter school petitions.
By GCSA As the calendar runs down to the opening days of school, many are asking where Georgia's
newest startup charter schools will be opening?
Not exact matches
And this whole process is easier for a
charter network that does not require the same level of investment as
new startups.»
«They could increase federal
startup dollars for
charter schools, which could help a great many students get off the growing wait lists and into
new Great Hearts, IDEA, KIPP, BASIS and other
charter schools locally.»
Despite state budget cuts for all schools, federal grants of up to $ 575,000 in
startup and initial operating capital have continued to enable
new charters to get off the ground.
An increase of $ 20 million for operational
startup costs for
new charter schools in 2016 and 2017, which will help offset the loss of federal funding.
Some of our schools were «
startup»
charters, where we brought in a
new population of students, but most of our schools are «turnaround» schools, where we work with an existing school to improve its operations and academic performance.
Matt Candler, the former CEO of the successful
charter school incubator
New Schools for
New Orleans, will lead the center's
startup as project manager.
Recent and past clients include national foundations, state departments of education, school districts,
charter management organizations and entrepreneurial education non-profits — including NewSchools Venture Fund,
StartUp Education, the Rainwater Foundation, the Kern Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, the Broad Center, Rhode Island Department of Education, Massachusetts Department of Education, Achievement First, Denver School of Science and Technology, the Ed Entrepreneur Center, Teach for America,
New Leaders and Tennessee SCORE.
Most of the money raised by the gala event will go toward
startup costs of
new charter schools.
Civil Beat's
new podcast series takes you inside the first year of a
startup arts integration
charter school in Wahiawa.
Grades Served: 9 - 12 at full scale
Startup Type:
New School Operator Type:
Charter Setting: Urban Students at Start: 60 Students at Capacity: 250 Start Date: Fall 2016
Grades Served: 5 - 8
Startup Type: Complete Redesign Operator: KIPP
New Orleans Schools Operator Type:
Charter Setting: Urban Students: 420 Redesign Start Date: Fall 2015
Grades Served: K - 8 at full scale
Startup Type:
New School Operator Type:
Charter Setting: Urban Students at Start: 180 Students at Capacity: 420 Start Date: Fall 2016
EdVisions is a professional educator cooperative that oversees nine public
charter schools in Minnesota; its non-profit arm provides
startup and
new school replication grants and technical assistance nationwide with funding from the Gates Foundation.
Last month,
New York City - based itBit became the first cryptocurrency
startup to receive a
charter to operate as a trust company from the
New York Department of Financial services, letting it do business in all 50 states, a...