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Research & Publications

Parents are not blind. They know when their child is receiving an education that meets their needs, and this might be why 15 percent of Hillsborough public school students attend charter schools Tampa Bay Times – Guest Column/Opinion Patricia Levesque – published June 19, 2021 Hillsborough County Public Schools made disturbing news this week when…

FDOE Emergency Order 2021-02 Gives Schools Flexibility

April 10, 2021

Press releases

#charterschools, #COVID19, @EducationFL, @RichardCorcoran, @RonDeSantisFL, EmergencyOrder

April 9, 2021 — Today, the Florida Department of Education released Emergency Order 2021-EO-02. It provides schools with flexibility regarding the release of school grades, graduation and promotion requirements, use of VAM, and more. No school grade will be published for the 20-21 school year unless a school chooses to opt-in. “This is not…

Ensure low-income students have access to high-quality ‘Schools of Hope’

April 8, 2021

Research & Publications

#charterschools, #GaryChartrand, #IDEApublicschools, #KIPP, #SchoolsofHope, @EducationFL, Title1

by Gary Chartrand. Published in Florida Politics, April 8, 2021 Let’s seize this opportunity to put students ahead of bureaucracy. Imagine a school system where 100% of graduates each year for 15 years were accepted into college. Now imagine that this school system is not for the elite, instead serving low-income students in failing schools.…

Two Florida Charter Schools Earn 2020 National Blue Ribbon Distinction Award

September 25, 2020

#Academica, #BlueRibbon, #charterschools, #SomersetAcademy

[Pictured: Ms. Alex Prieto, Somerset Academy Miramar South Principal, reads the 2020 Blue Ribbon Schools announcement] On September 24, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized Somerset Academy Middle South Miami and Somerset Academy Miramar South for being named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2020. The two charter schools among the eleven Florida…

Two National Reports: Charter Schools Successfully Transition to Remote Learning in the Spring

August 28, 2020

Press releases

#charterschools, #remotelearning, #studentengagement, #VIeraCharter, @publiccharters, Academica, CharterschoolAssociates, Fordham

August 25, 2020 — Two reports came out today that provide great lessons learned about how charter schools transitioned to remote learning this past spring due to COVID-19 school closures. The National Alliance released a report conducted by Public Impact, Learning in Real Time: How Charter Schools Serve Students During COVID-19 Closures, that compares how charter…

Report Shows How Charter Schools Responded to Student Needs during the Pandemic

August 10, 2020

#charterschool #charterschoollaw #NAPCS, #charterschools, #COVID19, remote learning

Research & Publications

In August 2020, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) released a Public Impact report which compares how charter public schools and district-run schools served student during closures related to COVID-19. The flexibility afforded charter schools helped them rise to the occasion when they were required to launch distance learning in the spring. Learning…

In the wake of closures, this school isn’t letting academics slide

April 9, 2020

#charterschools, #parentpower, #schoolisopen, @EducationFL, pandemic

April 9, 2020 Published by RedefinEDonline.org PORT RICHEY, Fla. – The new, online, morning assembly at Dayspring Academy began one day last week with a montage of smiling teachers, set to theme music from “Saturday Night Live.” The secondary school principal and assistant principal kept it laid-back, with their ball caps and coffee mugs. But…

Switch, now, to online learning? This charter school org was ready

March 26, 2020

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RedefinED.org – Ron Matus – March 26, 2020 – About a decade ago, Fernando Zulueta was making a presentation to school district officials in Florida about why his charter school support company, Academica, needed to expand into online learning. For one thing, he told them, charter schools serviced by Academica must better serve students who…

Charter School Student named an Ambassador to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Annual Legislative Conference

August 23, 2019

#Academica, #charterschools, #Somerset, 5000 Black Role Models, Black Caucus, Demetri, Donyale McGhee, Frederica Wilton, NAACP