April 2022

CharterFolk X, Vol 2.8 – Lester Long: From Driving Trucks to Driving Achievement – Providing “A Lucens Exemplum” of What the Charter School Movement is All About

Greetings, CharterFolk! This morning we are celebrating Lester Long, Founder and Executive Director of Classical Charter Schools in the South Bronx as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Lester is in his 16th year leading the Classical Charter Schools. The average school leader’s tenure is four years, with only 11% staying longer than 10 years. Lester is not leaving.

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Write it Down in INC CharterFolk! | The Administration Botches its Assault on Charters | Keeping the Big Picture Front and Center

Weekend’s greetings, CharterFolk. I start today acknowledging that we missed a few days of posting this week due to a technical issue with our technology platform. I confess to having been been pretty irked about this because there’s been just so much great stuff happening this week in Charterland to be sharing content about. Fortunately,

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CharterFolk Contributor Amanda Aragon – Never More Concerned About the State of Public Education, Never More Convicted that Change is Possible, and More Dedicated than Ever to Make that Change a Reality

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Amanda Aragon, the Executive Director of NewMexicoKidsCAN. I provide a brief bio below. Amanda was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and grew up surrounded by a large and close-knit extended family. Upon graduation from Rio Rancho High School, Amanda left New

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California Charter School Enrollment Plummets – This is the Armageddon that 1505 and New CSP Regulations Represent. Get Your Comments in Today!

Good day, CharterFolk. In recent days we have been sharing posts from Californians offering cautionary tales about how bad AB1505 impacts are on charter schools and imploring all CharterFolk to submit comments in order to fight proposed new regulations to the federal Charter Schools Program, which are an effort to make AB1505 the national charter

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A Final Recommendation for How to Rip the Regs|The Other Side’s Desperate Last Minute Call to Action|National Progress Anyway|Cardona Embraces Attack, Erase, Defend|The Challenge of Regulation and Why We Must Support Our Advocacy Orgs at New Levels

Good morning, CharterFolk. I start off today thanking our Contributors who have risen to the occasion to offer columns encouraging our world to comment on the potentially disastrous proposed regulations coming out of the administration in DC. I thought all three of our Contributor Columns this week were just terrific. Malka Borrego’s: Reggie Lee’s: And

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CharterFolk Contributors Sarah Kollman and Lee Rosenberg – Charter School Lawyers Sound the Alarm for Public Comment by April 13 on Proposed U.S. Department of Education Regulations

Good morning, CharterFolk. Today we are pleased to share a great Contributor Column from Sarah J. Kollman, Esq. and Lee J. Rosenberg, Esq. at Young, Minney & Corr LLP, one of the most respected legal firms in California and indeed in the entire country working on charter school issues. Bios for Sarah and Lee are

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CharterFolk Reggie Lee – The Hits Keep Coming!

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Reggie Lee, the proud Oakland dad of two children and chair of the board of directors at Yu Ming Charter School, a National Blue Ribbon School and the top performing school in Alameda County. Yu Ming is a member of the Families

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CharterFolk Malka Borrego – Equitas Shall Not Be Denied! AB1505 and New Proposed Federal Regulations Attempt to Deny Quality Options to Families Who Need Them Most

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a Contributor Column from Malka Borrego, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Equitas Academy Charter Schools. I provide a brief bio below. Malka Borrego is the founder and chief executive officer of the Equitas Academy Charter Schools. The network was founded in 2009 and provides quality

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