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CharterFolk X – Dr. Gary Stueven: A Servant Leader with a Passion for Quality Choices in Public Education

March 6, 2023

Greetings, CharterFolk! This morning we’re celebrating Dr. Gary Stueven, a charter school consultant and interim principal at Montessori Peaks Academy in Littleton, Colorado, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. Gary was recently recognized with the Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award by the Colorado League of Charter Schools for his passion and dedication to charter schools, their leaders,

CharterFolk X, Vol 3.1– Greg Moser, Igniting Sparks That Burn Bright

February 27, 2023

Greetings, CharterFolk! This morning we are celebrating Gregory V. Moser, Esq., and Retired Partner, Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. We are also happy to recognize today’s columnist Julie Ashby Umansky, Esq., and the California Charter Schools Association (“CCSA”) Vice President, Legal Advocacy, and Executive Director, Charter Schools Legal Defense Fund. Greg

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

April 28, 2022

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.

CharterFolk X Vol 2.7 – Gary Hart, The Bridge from Minnesota to a Nationwide Movement

February 2, 2022

Good Morning, CharterFolk. Today we pay tribute to a person who has been the very definition of CharterFolk Extraordinaire since before there were even charter schools – Senator Gary Hart, the author of California’s landmark charter school law. Senator Hart’s passing has generated widespread attention in the press. Many of the stories, like this good

CharterFolk X Vol 2.6 – Natasha Barriga, Standing Resolute With Kids and Communities Where Great Public Education is Needed Most

October 26, 2021

Good afternoon, CharterFolk. Today it is our honor to recognize Natasha Barriga, Executive Director of Resolute Academy in the Watts community of south Los Angeles, California, as CharterFolk Extraordinaire. As some CharterFolk know, during my time in charterland I have made it a personal obsession to visit as many charter schools as possible. I made

CharterFolk X Vol 2.5 – Arthur Samuels and Pagee Cheung, Bringing a 13th Level Commitment to the Quest for More Students Finally Accessing Excellent Public Education

October 12, 2021

Good Morning CharterFolk. Today it is our pleasure to recognize Arthur Samuels and Pagee Cheung, the Founders and Co-Executive Directors of Math, Engineering, Science Academy (MESA) in Brooklyn, New York. Nothing sums up better the spirit that Pagee and Arthur bring to the work they do at MESA than their recent announcement to create …

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

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

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

CharterFolk X Vol 2.1 – Julia Meyerson, Returning to Her Hometown to Prove that Demographics Do Not Determine Destiny

September 8, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. Today we are delighted to kick-off our second year of CharterFolk X by recognizing the extraordinary contributions of Julia Meyerson, the Founder and Executive Director of Vista College Preparatory Charter School in Phoenix, Arizona. Born and raised in central Phoenix, Julia joined Teach For America after college and taught in Brooklyn. She