September 2021

CharterFolk Contributor David Mansouri – Charter Schools in the Volunteer State: A Track Record of Success and Opportunities for the Future

September 30, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. Today we’re pleased to share with you a Contributor Column from David Mansouri, the President and CEO of State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) in Nashville, Tennessee. I provide a bio below. David Mansouri is the President & CEO of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE).  SCORE’s mission is to catalyze

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The Huge Opportunity to Make Progress on Red Lines in Blue States Now

September 29, 2021

Good day, CharterFolk. Following up my post from Saturday wherein I lamented Sacramento Unified’s incompetence in creating a remote option for its families who seek one … … two days later this story came out. It’s actually a statewide phenomenon. It’s like clockwork. Policy makers try to defend Establishment schools by preventing parents from going

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CharterFolk X Vol 2.4 – Jennifer López, Exemplifying the Personal Readiness of the Charter School Movement’s Next Generation of Leadership

September 28, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. Today it is our distinct pleasure to recognize Jennifer López, CEO of Carmen Schools of Science and Technology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. As the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants growing up in Sacramento, California, Jennifer experienced firsthand the inadequate and inequitable public education that thousands of families are subjected to in

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The National Alliance’s Latest Report on Growth – Why It’s Imperative We Be Louder About the Fact that We Don’t Want More Charter Schools for the Sake of More Charter Schools

September 25, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. I’m getting my last post for the week off to you on a Saturday morning. I find myself scrambling to stay atop my regular work while finding time to keep things going here at CharterFolk, a time pressure I know is nothing in comparison to the unbelievable lift that CharterFolk are contending

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CharterFolk X Vol 2.3 – Charvez Russell, Playing Every Role Necessary to Ensure that Parents and Communities Can Choose Better Options for Their Kids

September 21, 2021

Good day, CharterFolk. Today we are pleased to recognize Charvez Russell, Executive Director of Friendship Academy of the Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Charvez hails from a long line of educators. Growing up in rural Mississippi, as he reported in a recent interview, he saw that his grandfather, his father, his aunts, his

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CharterFolk X Vol 2.2 – Patricia Brantley and Donald Hense, the Friendship at the Heart of One of the Most Important Success Stories Happening in Public Education Today

September 15, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. Today it is our honor to recognize Patricia Brantley and Donald Hense, the current CEO and the former CEO and Founder of Friendship Public Charter School in Washington, DC, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Theirs is a friendship that lies at the heart of one of the most important success stories in the history

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