Opportunity School Districts Archives | Georgia Charter Schools Association /tag/opportunity-school-districts/ Free, Public, and Open to All. Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:12:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 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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]]> CCRPI For Dummies /blog/ccrpi-for-dummies/ Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:16:04 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=577 By Nina Rubin  I’m no dummy, but it’s part of my job to read and digest Department of Education briefs, white papers, and reports in order to explain educational issues […]

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]]> One Charter School Won't Wait for the State to Turn Around Student Performance /blog/one-charter-school-wont-wait-state-turn-around-student-performance/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 20:03:17 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=480 [Editor’s Note: Here’s a closer look at the efforts taken by Ivy Preparatory Academy, a state-authorized charter school, to improve the performance of boys in their Young Men’s Leadership Academy. Nobody […]

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]]> What About Charter Schools and the Proposed OSD? /blog/charter-schools-proposed-osd/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:01:34 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=463 By Tony Roberts, In the AJC article of February 12, 2015, “New plan for failing schools,” a list of 141 “persistently failing schools” is described based on the College and […]

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]]> Mike Klein Reports on Proposed Opportunity School Districts /blog/mike-klein-reports-proposed-opportunity-school-districts/ Thu, 12 Feb 2015 15:07:08 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=456 [Editor’s Note: Journalist Mike Klein shares his insightful, blow-by-blow account of yesterday’s two-hour House-Senate discussion on Governor Deal’s proposal to create Opportunity School Districts in Georgia.]  By Mike Klein, Governor Nathan […]

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]]> Governor Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Create Opportunity School Districts /blog/governor-calls-constitutional-amendment-create-opportunity-school-districts/ Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:10:25 +0000 http://www.charterconfidential.com/?p=450 Governor Nathan Deal today offered a formal bill in the Georgia General Assembly that would enable  the state of Georgia to take control of failing public schools. The bill calls for a […]

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