2023 - CharterFolk

CharterFolk Contributor Lydia Hoffman – What Would it Take for More Charter Schools to Improve the Educational Experiences of Diverse Learners?

September 28, 2023

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Lydia Hoffman, a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund. I provide Lydia’s bio below. Lydia is a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF), a national nonprofit that identifies the country’s best public charter schools, funds their expansion, and helps

Gratitude for Nina Rees, Our Lead CharterFolk Who Overcame Immense Challenge to Elevate Us All

September 24, 2023

Weekend greetings CharterFolk. It is difficult from my remote location to craft a full post, but I did not want to let the occasion pass without offering proper recognition of Nina Rees for her amazing service at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. As most of you know by now, Nina announced last week

CharterFolk Contributor Kathleen Hermsmeyer – Flex-Based Schools Should be the Most Popular School Model in America Today. Why isn’t it?

September 22, 2023

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Dr. Kathleen Hermsmeyer, Superintendent for Springs Charter Schools. I provide Kathleen’s bio below. Dr. Kathleen Hermsmeyer founded California’s largest county-wide benefit charter school, River Springs, in 2005 and serves as the Superintendent of this charter, along with five other charters serving in total

CharterFolk Contributor David Akdemir – The Power of Collaboration: Charter Schools Uniting for Educational Excellence

September 14, 2023

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Dr. David Akdemir, the Executive Director of Harmony Education Solutions. I provide David’s bio below. Dr. David C. Akdemir is the Executive Director of Harmony Education Solutions, the purpose of which is to provide support and consultation for international and national schools

How We Overcome The Educational Pickleball Challenge

September 11, 2023

Good day, CharterFolk. I swear. Sometimes I struggle to make sense of things. Have you seen this one? A wealthy woman in San Francisco who is trying to get rid of public pickleball courts in her area … … owns a mansion on the market for $36 million that … … literally … … has

CharterFolk Contributors Khalique Rogers and Joe Nathan – Two Specific Suggestions to Help Students and Communities

September 7, 2023

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Khalique Rogers and Joe Nathan, co-directors of the Center for School Change. We provide brief bios for Khalique and Joe below. Both have been asked to speak at several national conferences and co-authored several columns published in Minnesota newspapers, such as this

The 401-Level – When Free, Public and Open to All Becomes Our Agenda

September 3, 2023

Weekend greetings, CharterFolk, We’ve had a lot of outreach this week in response to our Community Update from Tuesday. I appreciate so much your encouragement and warm wishes. CharterFolk does seem to be on a pretty great trajectory these days, but we wouldn’t be making anywhere near the progress that we are, were it not

WonkyFolk Vol 8 – The Home Base Episode

August 30, 2023

Greetings, CharterFolk! This week, Andy and I are talking with Lakisha Young, the Founder and CEO of The Oakland REACH, and Heather Harding, Ed.D, the Executive Director of the Campaign for a Shared Future. Our conversation focuses on the difficult judgement calls parents and advocates are having to make as they attempt to retain focus

Community Update – 11 New Board Members; More Org Subscribers; Even More Contributor Columnists; and a New 501c4 Organization

August 29, 2023

Good day, CharterFolk. I hope your week is off to a great start. On Friday the CharterFolk Board of Directors met. I’d like to make this post a Community Update letting the readership know about important developments happening here at CharterFolk. News includes the following: Let’s take them in order. 11 New Board Members Join

Signs of the Even More Greatly Disconnected Times

August 23, 2023

Good day, CharterFolk. I’ll get on to the final “401-Level” of Free, Public, Open to All in my next post. In the meantime, there are some “signs of the times” articles in the edusphere I’d like to highlight. Let’s get to them now. Signs of the Even More Greatly Disconnected Times Long-time readers will remember