Jed WallaceGood morning, CharterFolk. I hope you are all headed into a good Thanksgiving. We do have several things here at CharterFolk to be thankful for in recent days. First, I’m thankful that viewership of our last CharterFolk Chat with Hanna Skandera, Derrell Bradford and Andy Rotherham continues to be very high. We’ve now had over … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today it is my great pleasure to recognize Jerel Bryant, Principal of G.W. Carver High School in New Orleans, Louisiana as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Word about Jerel’s extraordinary leadership has been getting around. Earlier this fall, Jerel was recognized as Louisiana’s High School Principal of the Year. In February, he was recognized by … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Last week, I highlighted what I thought to be the first takeaway we should all have for national election results: CharterFolk, we gotta get in the game! In that post, I recounted how charter schools saw very encouraging election results in Illinois, Texas and even in California where our state associations have … Read more
Good morning CharterFolk. Really quite blown away by everyone’s response to the CharterFolk Chat with Andy, Hanna and Derrell. If you haven’t been able to catch a couple of minutes of it, I hope you can sometime this week. They shared some insights that I really think we all need to be paying attention to. … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today I am delighted to recognize Delia Kumabe, Founder and Instructional Coach of EJE Acadamies in El Cajon, California as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Some of you may remember how in last week’s CharterFolk Extraordinaire recognition of Caitlin Ritter I highlighted that many CharterFolk’s commitment to education grows out of being part of families … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Thanks to so many of you reaching out to share compliments about our CharterFolk Chat with Hanna Skandera, Andy Rotherham and Derrell Bradford. One more huge thanks to Hanna, Andy and Derrell for taking part. I so much appreciate them sharing thoughts and advice about how CharterFolks may navigate the critical early … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. I’m delighted to be able to share with you this month’s CharterFolk Chat with Derrell Bradford, Hanna Skandera and Andy Rotherham, where we discuss last week’s election results and what the implications are for charter schools. As I said during the interview: Our folks that are joining us today, really need very … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Great to be back from a hiatus during election week. I’m excited about our CharterFolk Chat happening tomorrow with Derrell Bradford, Hanna Skandera and Andy Rotherham where we will discuss the impact that national election results will have on charter schools. Hope to see you here for that. Let’s get on to … Read more
Good morning, CharterFolk. Today it’s our pleasure to recognize Caitlin Ritter, Math Teacher at Concord Academy in Boyne Michigan as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. I came across Caitlin’s story reviewing a series of articles about charter school teachers published by MAPSA, Michigan’s charter school association. In the series, the Association highlights the great efforts of five charter … Read more
Listen to this post as a podcast. Subscribe. Good morning, CharterFolk. Excited about readership levels of Kyle Rosenkrans’s piece about Newark. I really liked his observations that unlikely political alliances and encouragement of charter school stakeholders to be involved in elections really matter. And regarding his comment on mudslinging, I actually agree with him. I … Read more