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By Natalie Hester, Co-President, External Affairs When I think about my “education story” it is impossible for me to think just about my own K-12 and higher education years. As a mother raising two brilliant daughters in South Seattle – a joyful, culturally rich...
Catalyst Public Schools | Bremerton is a K-8 charter public school, founded and launched by Amanda Gardner and Tatiana Epanchin. The Bremerton community expressed demand and need for an additional public school option for families, and the school co-founders brought...
Source: Build 2 Lead Build 2 Lead hosts successful Melanin in Medicine Event! Build 2 Lead, in partnership with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH), the Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Why Not You Academy (WNYA), hosted the first annual Melanin in Medicine...
By Favian Martinez I am a proud founding student from Rainier Prep’s Class of 2019. I am currently a senior at O’Dea High School. My sights are set on Seattle University to study psychology and to play on their soccer team. As I look back at starting...
Source: League of Education Voters Celebrating the Power of Student Voice!Students know best when it comes to reimagining our education system and they are not afraid of speaking up to address the many areas of inequity. LEV organized a virtual event for an online...
The history of public education in America is complicated and rife with institutional and systemic racism. For Indigenous people in particular, American public schooling in the 19th and 20th century was brutal, characterized by forced assimilation and overt efforts to...
By Haid Bloxham, Co-President, Finance and Operations Since stepping into the role of Co-President of WA Charters alongside Natalie and Rekha, I have been reflecting on why education has been a north star for me and my career. First day of first grade I grew up in...
By Rekha Bhatt, Co-President, Innovative Schools Each fall, as a new school year kicks off, I reflect on my own experience with schooling and what drives me in this work. This year, I am entering my 16th year in education. I started my professional career in education...
Originally shared by the National Charter School Resource Center NCSRC regularly features interviews with CSP grantees in this newsletter to help grantees learn from each other’s work. This month, we hear from Jeannette Vaughn, CSP Project Director and School...