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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

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

CharterFolk Contributor Wendy Edwards – The Sauce

July 13, 2023

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Wendy Edwards, Executive Director of Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School. I provide Wendy’s bio below. Wendy Edwards is a longstanding educator in the public school sector of the District of Columbia. She is the founding principal and current executive director

CharterFolk Contributor Dr. Kathryn Procope – Charter Schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities – A Marriage Made in Heaven

June 1, 2023

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Dr. Kathryn Procope, the Executive Director of Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science. I provide Kathryn’s bio below. Kathryn Procope, a native of Brooklyn New York and a product of New York City Public Schools, obtained a bachelor of science

CharterFolk Contributor Jack McCarthy – Are We Ready for a Reboot?

October 28, 2022

Hello CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Jack McCarthy, CEO of AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation in Washington, D.C. I provide Jack’s bio below. Jack McCarthy is CEO of AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation in Washington, DC. As a social entrepreneur at the intersection of education research, policy, and practice

CharterFolk Contributor Renita K. Thukral – It’s Time to Flip the Script. Are You Ready to Litigate?

June 15, 2022

Good morning, CharterFolk! Today we are pleased to share a contributor column from Renita K. Thukral, Senior Advisor, Legal Affairs, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Co-Founder and Partner, Civil Rights Solutions. I provide Renita’s bio below. Renita K. Thukral is the Senior Advisor for Legal Affairs at the National Alliance for Public Charter

Humility Overcome in DC; Putting the Question to White Liberals

August 18, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. I wanted to start out today thanking so many of you for getting your votes in for the Brian’s Voice Awards here at CharterFolk. We’ll announce winners next week. It only takes a couple seconds to vote. So why not get your ballot in today? Humility Overcome In DC Next, I wanted

An Example of Enormous Opportunity – Celebrating Charter School Board Members

August 6, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. I would like to return this morning to the topic I wrote about last week – how we best protect ourselves from our adversaries’ effort to present charter schools … … as being driven by barely human monsters who seek nothing other than to destroy public education. Thinking of it in the

Where We Stand Thirty Years In

June 4, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. A few pieces of housekeeping before getting to a post to mark the occasion. First, today is the last day of voting for the CharterFolk of the Year Award so get your ballot in before midnight. Second, another thank you to Robert Enlow for yesterday’s very perceptive column. The piece brings up

The Real Herd Immunity We Need in Public Education Today

May 19, 2021

Good morning, CharterFolk. I start today with a question that we’ve been pondering for months. What will happen to our nation’s public schools when we achieve “herd immunity”? Well, in recent days, we’ve been starting to get our answer. From New Jersey … … to Hawaii … … and to every place in between …