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Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

Today, the Washington State Charter Schools Association announced the members of the inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort. These committed, trailblazing school leaders were chosen from a national search that resulted in over two-dozen applicants....

Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

Spady continues his pursuit of charter-school success

No name is more synonymous with charter school fights in Washington the past two decades than Spady. Ever since Jim and Fawn Spady moved their son out of a Seattle public school and into a private one in 1994, they've been on the front lines of a string of...

Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

AP article on Washington State Charter Schools Association

With the opening of Washington's first charter school likely 15 months away, more dollars from Seattle's tech economy are flowing toward groups that want to change the way the state thinks about public schools. In November, Washington became the 42nd state to allow...

Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

Washington Charter School Commission elects leaders

Washington's new Charter School Commission elected a former Seattle School Board president as its chairman. The group also has started to solidify its plans for hiring a staff and choosing the state's first charter schools. The group held its second meeting Tuesday in...

Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

Port Townsend educator gives Charter School 101

Charter schools can improve education but not if they offer the same curriculum as what is now available, a Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce audience was told Monday. “In order for a school district to approve a charter school, it would need a real assurance that...

Meet the Inaugural Washington State Charter Leader Cohort

Information being gathered on charter schools for PSD board

The Peninsula School District is taking it slow as it looks into the possibility of becoming a charter school authorizer, with Superintendent Chuck Cuzzetto gathering information on the subject for the school board. On March 21, the school board voted to submit a...