November 2022

CharterFolk Contributor Cameron Curry – Thanksgiving is a Time to Celebrate Charter Public Schools

Hello CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Cameron Curry, CEO of The Classical Academies. I provide Cameron’s bio below. Cameron Curry is the CEO of The Classical Academies, a charter school organization serving 5400 students in northern San Diego County. Under Cameron’s leadership, Classical Academies became the first public charter

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CharterFolk Contributors Greg Richmond and Paul Escala – Superintendents of Two Archdioceses Share Why Catholic Schools are the Highest Performing “State” on All NAEP Tests

Hello CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a co-authored contributor column from Greg Richmond, the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago, and Paul Escala, the Senior Director and Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Given Greg and Paul collectively devoted 35+ years to charter public schools before transitioning to

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The Next Shoe Drops in Educational NIMBYism | The ABC’s of Villain Identification | Setting the Industry Standard For Deception | Documenting CTA/NEA “Salting” Strategies

Good day, CharterFolk. A theme across my 30 months of writing here at CharterFolk has been that it is worthwhile for the rest of the nation to pay special attention to the strategies that the Establishment is using against charter schools in California because they are virtually certain to spread across the country. Indeed, you

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The Post-Elections Challenge – A CharterWorld that Hangs in the Balance

Weekend greetings, CharterFolk. At the highest level, I’ll leave analysis of election results to those from outside the country who have perspective that we don’t. As far as CharterWorld goes, people smarter than me are declaring victory. But I’m not so sure. Much was made of Youngkin’s victory in Virginia a year back, and it’s

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The Public Education Implications of Home Purchasers Being 88% White | The Tiny Houses of Learning Our Society is Building for Our Most Vulnerable Kids Now

Good day, CharterFolk. It was good to be out canvassing this weekend with CharterFolk in Los Angeles for today’s school board races. Meanwhile, there is certainly much afoot in CharterLand right now. So before the Wednesday morning quarterbacking about election results begins, let me try to pull together some themes we return to often here

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CharterFolk Contributor Starlee Coleman – A Rallying Cry:  We Need More Charters

Hello CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Starlee Coleman, the CEO of the Texas Public Charter Schools Association (TPCSA). I provide Starlee’s bio below. Starlee Coleman has 20 years of experience turning public policy ideas into laws. Through strategic public affairs and PR campaigns, grassroots engagement, and coalition development, Starlee

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