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Survey shows Georgia voters support charter schools amendment
Atlanta, GA; Tuesday, January 31, 2012 – A survey conducted last week by McLaughlin & Associates showed that Georgia voters strongly support charter schools and broadly favor a proposed Constitutional Amendment to allow charter schools to expand and flourish across the state.
The polling was conducted to gauge support for HR1162. The bi-partisan bill would amend [...]
Education Advocates Announce Support for Constitutional Amendment
Education Advocates Announce Support for Constitutional Amendment Brighter Georgia Education Coalition Praises Leaders for Moving Forward January 26, 2012, Atlanta, GA – The Brighter Georgia Education Coalition today called for prompt action on a Constitutional Amendment introduced by House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones and other leaders.
This Amendment would address a problematic court decision [...]
GCSA Partners with KSU and Lake Oconee Academy on Charter Leadership Program:
ATLANTA, GA: January 17, 2012 – On Thursday, January 12, at its regularly scheduled meeting, the Georgia State Board of Education approved the state Charter Committee’s recommendation to fund the nation’s first charter leader preparation partnership between a highly successful charter school, a state charter school association, and a university college of education.
This innovative partnership [...]
Gov. Nathan Deal Expresses Strong Support for Charter Schools
ATLANTA, GA January 11, 2012 – The Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA), speaking on behalf of Georgia charter schools and the thousands of students they serve, applauds Governor Nathan Deal for his continuing support of educational innovation and public charter schools.
In his second annual State of the State address last night, Governor Deal announced that to “spur [...]
Community Meeting in Warner Robins, GA
– A free community meeting on school choice options is coming to Warner Robins on Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 6-8 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, 207 North Willie Lee Parkway, Warner Robins, GA , 31093.
The event, which is co-sponsored by the Georgia Charter Schools Association and The Center for an Educated Georgia, will feature [...]
Dr. Otho Tucker Named Chair of GCSA Board
ATLANTA, GA: January 3, 2012 — Dr. Otho Tucker, CEO of Lake Oconee Academy, a high achieving public charter school in Greensboro, GA, has been named board chair of the Georgia Charter Schools Association (GCSA). Dr. Tucker had previously served the GCSA board as Vice President for Advancement .
Dr. Tucker is one of the Southeast’s [...]
GCSA, Member Schools Featured on ChoiceMedia.TV
The GCSA and several GCSA member schools are featured in a newly-released news feature by ChoiceMedia.TV, a new website dedicated to news and information on public education and school choice issues. The piece, titled “The Day the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” talks about the May Georgia Supreme Court decision that declared the Georgia Charter Schools Commission unconstitutional, and sent 16 Commission-approved charter schools scrambling for survival.
Fulton Science Academy Middle School: Going from Great to Greater
The list of achievements garnered by Fulton Science Academy Middle School is seemingly endless.
The Alpharetta school’s prowess was most recently validated by the U.S. Department of Education’s 2011 National Blue Ribbon School award, bestowed upon about 300 schools nationwide each year. FSA Middle was one of just nine schools in Georgia to receive the honor [...]
State Charter Conference Begins Thursday in Macon
For the first time in the nine-year history of the event, the annual conference of the GCSA will be held outside of metro Atlanta. About 400 charter school supporters are expected to attend the GCSA Charter Schools Conference, Oct. 6 and 7, at the Macon Marriott City Center Hotel. The theme for the Conference, the only statewide gathering of the entire Georgia charter school community, is “Planting, Growing and Sustaining a Quality Charter School.”
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