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'Doing Less Was Not an Option.' How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.

When COVID-19 hit New Jersey in March 2020, Efe Odeleye, the co-director of Achievers Early College Prep Charter School, was faced with a moral imperative: in order to best serve the public charter’s...

Charter Schools

Here’s Why KnowledgeWorks Is Studying My Charter High School

For the last 15 years, it has been my honor to support Springfield International Charter School (SICS), first as a history teacher, then for the last 11 years, as its principal. As is true for so...

Charter Schools

At Boston's Renaissance Charter, My Students Are Going Above and Beyond Their Pre-Pandemic Performance

As educators, we know that kids cannot learn if they don’t feel safe and supported at school. During the past two years, this truth was at its most visceral. Social-emotional learning (SEL)—which not...

Charter Schools

We Have an Education Crisis On Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

The recent announcement by the US Department of Education to propose radical changes to the process by which charter schools must follow to open new schools is a dismal reminder of our education...

Charter Schools

Communities Are Demanding Excellent Educational Opportunities. It's Time We Do Something Different.

In this moment, shaped by both the global pandemic and enduring racial inequities, excellent educational opportunities that communities are rightly demanding have never been more important. And NACSA...

Charter Schools

Investing in Communities of Color To Innovate in Education Is Never a Bad Thing

There is untapped brilliance in communities — especially in communities of color — that can lead to equitable and excellent outcomes in schools for all students. We need continued investment in...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

'Doing Less Was Not an Option.' How One New Jersey Charter School Kept Kids Learning No Matter What.

Here’s Why KnowledgeWorks Is Studying My Charter High School

At Boston's Renaissance Charter, My Students Are Going Above and Beyond Their Pre-Pandemic Performance

We Have an Education Crisis On Our Hands and Curtailing the Charter Schools Program Is No Way to Fix It

Communities Are Demanding Excellent Educational Opportunities. It's Time We Do Something Different.

Investing in Communities of Color To Innovate in Education Is Never a Bad Thing