11 episodes
Community Conversations with NACSA National Association of Charter School Authorizers
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Listen to experts in education discuss critical topics that will help to answer questions like, “What can be done to ensure families have access to high-quality education for their children? How can school leaders allow educators the autonomy they need to best serve students? How should schools be held accountable for their performance? And when we say ‘quality,’ what does that really mean?"
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A Story of Student Supports and Outcomes
For Mental Health Awareness Month, NACSA examines the role of authorizing and school accountability in ensuring student wellness. To kick-off Season 2 of our podcast, Community Conversations with NACSA, we spoke with Andrea Browning (WestEd), Tricia Noyola (Rocky Mountain Prep), and Dr. John Gasko (Uplift Education), to learn how authorizers and schools can work with communities to ensure access to learning environments that foster social, emotional, and academic success.qualitycharters.org
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A Story of Innovation & Partnership
Tressa Pankovits, Co-Director of Reinventing America’s Schools Project at the Progressive Policy Institute, Priscila Dilley, Senior Officer at the Leadership Academy Network, and Dr. David Saenz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships at Fort Worth ISD come together to tell a unique and powerful story. The partnership between Leadership Academy Network, Fort Worth Independent School District, and Texas Wesleyan University epitomizes using the principles and practices of c...
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BONUS: Pass the Mic ft. EnTere Ed Collective
NACSA passes the mic to EnTere Ed Collective. EnTere Ed, a space where Black, Brown, and Indigenous authorizers and authorizing-adjacent professionals thrive, aims revolutionize the K-12 charter school education sector by elevating equity, authenticity, and innovation, inspired by historical figures, ancient traditions, and cultural values. Hear directly from the founders of EnTere Ed John Carwell Jr. with the Delaware State Department of Education, and Vashaunta Harris, Executive Coach ...
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Great Authorizers are Equitable Authorizers
Veronica Brooks-Uy, NACSA's Vice President of Policy and Institutional Change sits down with Dr. Kelli Peterson, founder of The Ed.ucateD Approach, to discuss the ongoing need for and importance of closing the DEI gap and challenges on the journey.qualitycharters.org
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New School Applications: Shifting Rigor
NACSA Vice President of Authorizer and Learning Development, David Greenberg, sits down with Laurie Schroeder (Innovative Quality Schools) and Jason Moore (Buckeye Community Hope Foundation) to discuss the importance of shifting the rigor of the new school application process from paper to people and what they are doing in their offices to accomplish this.Explore NACSA's latest resource, The Capacities of Charter School Founding Teams: How to Identify and Assess for School Success. quali...
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Free, Public, Open to All
NACSA’s Vice President of Communications, Courtney Hughley, sits down with Ebony Lee, partner at the Charter School Growth Fund and NACSA board member, and Steven Cruz, communications director at City Fund. Live from NACSACon 2023, Courtney, Ebony and Steven discuss the importance of authorizers using their platforms to tell the story and the work of the free, public and open to all charter schools. qualitycharters.org