Listen to this post as a podcast. Subscribe. Good morning, CharterFolk. Excited about readership levels of Kyle Rosenkrans’s piece about Newark. I really liked his observations that unlikely political alliances and encouragement of charter school stakeholders to be involved in elections really matter. And regarding his comment on mudslinging, I actually agree with him. I … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today I am pleased to share with you a contributor column from Kyle Rosenkrans, Executive Director of the New Jersey Children’s Foundation. At the foundation, Kyle has played a key leadership role, supporting many initiatives that have advanced the interests of Newark students and families. Before coming to the foundation, Kyle worked … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Let’s cut straight to the update. Update Summary: Former US Senator Mary Landrieu is constantly reminding CharterFolk that we have to make the moral argument for charter schools. In today’s post I trace how periods of momentum and challenge in the history of the charter school movement have been linked to the … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today I am delighted to recognize Roger Brainerd and Judith Jones, two people who have tag-teamed Maine’s charter school movement into existence, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. It’s not often you can find tangible artifacts showing CharterFolk playing critical roles all the way back to the very beginning of a movement. But there we … Read more
(Listen to this post as a podcast.) (Subscribe.) Morning, CharterFolk. Great feedback regarding Ramona’s post from yesterday. Thank you again to Ramona for writing it, and thanks to so many for sharing your positive reactions. Thanks also to several of you who reached out about my post from Tuesday about how to build advocacy strength … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today I am honored to share with you all an extraordinary column from Ramona H. Edelin, PhD. As many of you are aware, Ramona served with great distinction as the Executive Director of the DC Association of Chartered Public Schools, and she has become Sr. Advisor to the newly formed DC Charter … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. We’re excited to be adding a new feature today: podcasting! For those of you would like to listen to the post, please use this link here. Going forward, we will make as many posts as possible available via podcast. I will also go back and record a few of the archived posts … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today it is our distinct pleasure to recognize Chris Ferris, Executive Director of Highline Academy Charter Schools, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. It doesn’t take much effort to find evidence of the remarkable contribution Chris is making to our movement. Just look at her Executive Director introduction on the Highline website where she states: … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Special thanks to additional subscribers yesterday and to people who responded to my call for policy ideas during the COVID era. Keep them coming! We’ll announce a winner or winners in the next week or so. Finally, a last thank you to Nina Rees for offering a great interview for our CharterFolk … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today I’m delighted to be able to share our third CharterFolk Chat, this one with Nina Rees, CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Here is how I introduced Nina in the interview: I am a very big fan of Nina Rees …. I was on the Board of the … Read more