Serving as a resource to Massachusetts, Connecticut,

and Rhode Island charter schools

 

At their best, charter schools provide real schooling choices to students and their families and serve as incubators for best practices.

The complexity of operating a charter school successfully, however, is ever increasing and requires the hard work, persistence, and vision of all a school's various stakeholders.  

Would your charter school benefit from help to:

•  establish and then achieve positive academic outcomes;

•  create operationally sound policies and procedures that support schools' missions;

•  develop governance models that provide a solid leadership framework;

•  meet regulatory mandates and compliance requirements; or

•  build parent organizations and fund development systems that provide ongoing support?

Dr. Lawrence DeSalvatore, with over 12 years experience in positions of charter school leadership, 20 years experience in the field of education, and more than 25 years experience in working with young people, is well prepared to assist your charter school take its next steps forward.

Call us today, and we'll discuss your needs and how we can help.

 


 

Worth Reading!

Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability

11/01/2013 14:05

In October 2013, the National Education Policy Center published a brief by Andy Hargreaves and Henry Braun of the Boston College Lynch School of Education, "Data Driven Improvement and Accountability," (DDIA) in which the authors argue that DDIA in the U.S."has come to exert increasingly adverse effects on public education" as accountability, through high stakes tests and high threat sanctions, has become the primary mover of educational change. The authors see this approach as shortsided and ultimately counterproductive and recommend several actions that policymakers can take.

Click here for the full report.

Pathways to Postsecondary Success

11/01/2013 11:35

For those of you working in secondary or postsecondary education or in the fields of youth development or economic development, I highly recommend " Pathways to Postsecondary Success: Maximizing Opportunities for Youth in Poverty ," published recently by the University of California. There's nothing here that will surprise those of us working in the field, but the report does gather important findings in one place, providing a reasonable roadmap for designing or evaluating educational programs and supports at the HS or community college level.