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Charter Schools Week 2020: Teachers, Administrators, Students Remain Connected

Lynn Norman-Teck
Charter Schools in the News, Press releases
#AboveandBeyond, #CharterSchoolsWeek, BridgePrep, COVID29, Jefferson Somerset, Viera Charter
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May 11, 2020 — This week we kick off National Charter Schools Week 2020 – May 10-16  – an annual celebration of charter schools and the movement. This year, we are highlighting charter schools that are going above and beyond in their communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Florida charter schools have not…
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Bridgeprep Academy at Village Green Student Wins Holiday Card Design Contest

Lynn Norman-Teck
Charter Schools in the News
BridgePrep, holiday card, SMART Management, Village Green
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December 16, 2019 — Sofia Urruela, a 4th-grade student at Bridgeprep Academy of Village Green in Miami Dade, has won the 2019 Florida Charter School Alliance Holiday Card Design Contest. Sofia’s artwork — a reindeer with a glowing scarlet nose — beat out dozens of submissions from around the state and was used to create…
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An Urban Garden Inspires, Engages Students

Lynn Norman-Teck
Charter Schools in the News
BridgePrep, fairchild challenge, Mr. G, Mr. Guillermo Gonzalez, urban gardens
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There’s a magnificent urban garden at BridgePrep Academy InterAmerican, a K-5 charter school located in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. On raised garden beds, vegetables are growing along with a love of science, respect for nature, and an appetite for learning. On this episode of Providing Choice, a FCSA podcast, we hear from the school’s principal,…
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State Releases 3rd Grade Scores for 2017-18 school year

Lynn Norman-Teck
Charter Schools in the News, Press releases
#schoolchoice, #Somerset, 3rd grade scores, academic achievement, academic performance, Aventura, BridgePrep, Charter Schools USA, Florida Depatment of Education, FSA, Lutz, Mater, Renaissance, Santa Fe, third grade, True North
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Tallahassee, FL – May 25, 2018 – Data released today by the Florida Department of Education shows that 57% of 3rd-graders statewide earned a Level 3 score or better in the English Language Assessment – down from last year’s 58 percent but better than 2015’s 53%. The good news is that many charter schools across…
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Who is Making a Killing from Kids? (Hint: It’s not charter school companies)

Lynn Norman-Teck
Research & Publications
Academica, BridgePrep, charter school funding, CSUSA, for profit charter schools, student funding
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John Locke Foundation – August 2, 2017 – According to many on the Left, the most terrifying creatures in the public education sector are companies that are contracted to operate public charter schools. Last month, the NAACP released their Task Force on Quality Education report, which called for a moratorium on so-called “for-profit charter schools.”…
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2017 Charter School Hero Award Winners Named

Lynn Norman-Teck
Press releases
#bileca, #NCSC17, Alex Garcia, BridgePrep, Charter School Hero, JC Quintana, jenna hodgens, Lynn Norman Teck, Ralph Arza
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Washington, D.C. – June 13, 2017 –  The charter school movement in Florida is full people who perform heroic deeds daily.  There are thousands of educational crusaders who provide great opportunities for children, and fight to ensure that all children have access to quality education programs. “Although there is no way to recognize every education…
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FCSA recognizes Schools, Students, Faculty during National Charter Schools week

Lynn Norman-Teck
Charter Schools in the News, Press releases
#CharterSchoolsWeek, #Somerset, academic acheivement, Ben Gamla, BridgePrep, EdVentures, Florida Department of Education, Somerset Bay, student performance
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FLORIDA – May 1, 2017 – The Florida Charter School Alliance (FCSA) will visit schools throughout Florida during National Charter Schools week – May 1-5 – to recognize the great work students and faculty are doing every day. FCSA’s Lynn Norman-Teck presents an A+ certificate and A+ flag to Somerset Academy Bay Principal Ms.Saili Hernandez and…
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