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Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state

SBAC Summary 2018-19

Based on end-of-year testing data, Washington’s established charter public schools demonstrated strong academic outcomes for systemically underserved students in the 2018-2019 school year.  Sector-wide: Low-income students outperformed their traditional...

Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state

Meet the Aspiring Leader: Louis Guiden

By Louis Guiden, WA Charters 2019 Aspiring Leader A Louisiana native, I’ve been in Seattle for 26 years. I came to the Northwest hoping to escape some of the realities of the South. I didn’t want to be held down by the racism I experienced growing up. I had dreams of...

Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state

A charter public school saved my life – and could change yours

By Karla Soto Mullins I was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, the fifth of eight children. My mother became a widow at a very young age, and when I was four years old, she had the opportunity to come to the United States so that she could provide a better life for...

Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state

Meet the Aspiring Leader: Karla Soto Mullins

By Karla Soto Mullins, WA Charters 2019 Aspiring Leader I know first-hand that our country’s educational systems are profoundly inequitable. My own education was defined by inequities until I had the opportunity to attend a charter high school. That experience was...

Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state

Scholars Achieve Excellence at Impact Public Schools

Last month, Impact Public Schools, Washington state’s first “homegrown” charter public school network, released 2018-19 academic results for its flagship elementary school – Impact | Puget Sound Elementary, in Tukwila. Impact | PSE launched in August 2018, with 178...

Charter schools are having their moment in Spokane and the rest of the state

A charter public school saved my life – and could change yours

By Karla Soto Mullins I was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, the fifth of eight children. My mother became a widow at a very young age, and when I was four years old, she had the opportunity to come to the United States so that she could provide a better life for...