Collaboration between schools that on paper might be seen as competitors? You’d be hard-pressed to find quality examples. But ACE Prep Academy and Circle City Prep just joined forces, offering our local education ecosystem a compelling template for what inter-school collaboration can look like. Continue reading How ACE Prep and Circle City Prep Created a Collaborative Template for the Future
One thing that this legislative session proved is that the charter school sector carries weight as a collective. It is as much a political force as it is an educational force, its strength largely matching IPS. So where does the sector go from here? And what will its relationship be with IPS in the years to come? Continue reading Where Next for the Indianapolis Charter School Sector?
Excuse the clickbait title. Let me clear up any possible incoming misconception and be candid with you. The answer to that question is, for me, an unequivocal “no.” But for Steven Wilson, founder of the Ascend Learning charter school network and author of a forthcoming book tentatively titled The Lost Decade, the answer seems to be “yes.” Continue reading Is a pursuit of racial equity to blame for stagnant education outcomes?
