Good morning, CharterFolk. Trying something new this morning based upon recent feedback I have been getting. This is one of my favorite comments of late (slightly edited): “Jed, great articles, but they pile up like my New Yorkers! Can you get me a monthly digest so if I can only get to half of them
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today I am delighted to share with you a CharterFolk Chat with Kim Smith. As always, you can access the chat at Youtube, but I’m excited to share that readers can now also listen to the chat through Spotify and Apple Podcasts, where you will find links to all previously recorded CharterFolk
Good morning, CharterFolk. In January, I wrote the first post of the year: The Great Disconnect of 2021 – Public Education’s Year of Reckoning. In it, I presented 2021 as the year when it becomes plain that the overlap between what public education offers and the bare minimum that parents will accept has approached the
Good morning, CharterFolk. I hope your week is off to a great start. I wanted to make another effort to encourage you all to get your vote in for the CharterFolk of the Year Award. We have had a very big turnout so far. It’s been amazingly gratifying to see so many people supporting our
Good morning, CharterFolk. Lots going on in Charterland. Before we get to today’s post, though, I want to offer another thank you to Nate Durant for his piece about how to rethink summer school. In it, he basically argues for providing students greater agency over their own educational experience. We are in a period when
Good morning CharterFolk. Today I am pleased to be able to share with you a Contributor Column from Nate Durant, the Co-Head of School at Freire Charter School in Wilmington, Delaware. I provide a bio for Nate below. Walter “Nate” Durant is currently the Co-Head of School at Freire Charter School in Wilmington. He has
Good morning, CharterFolk. I start today with a question that we’ve been pondering for months. What will happen to our nation’s public schools when we achieve “herd immunity”? Well, in recent days, we’ve been starting to get our answer. From New Jersey … … to Hawaii … … and to every place in between …
Good day, CharterFolk. Getting this one off to you several hours late. Been one of those weeks … I start with a few quick updates on matters we’re tracking here at CharterFolk. First, we’re excited to see the turnout for the Final Round Voting for the CharterFolk of the Year Award. If you haven’t voted
Good morning, Charterfolk. Today it is our pleasure to share with you a Contributor Column from Cameron Curry, the CEO of Classical Academies in northern San Diego County. I provide a bio below: Cameron Curry is the CEO of Classical Academies, a charter school organization serving 5800 students in northern San Diego County. Under Cameron’s
Good morning, CharterFolk. Excited to see Nina and the Alliance cranking up the celebration of the 30th anniversary during National Charter Schools Week. The 30 Under 30 site looks great! Quite an amazing group of young CharterFolk. It’s a nice tag team: Here at CharterFolk, we’ve got 30 over 30. Meaning that between the two