Founders Library

Ember Reichgott Junge

NCSC23: The Progress of the Founders Library Over 5 Years

Ember Reichgott Junge is enthusiastic about the progress of the National Charter Schools founders’ library over the past five years, which she attributes to Jim’s initial vision. She emphasizes the library’s growing importance as charter schools face criticism from both political extremes, stressing the need to maintain the movement’s core values. Additionally, she is surprised […]

Interview of Harold Brubaker (Excerpt) the Beauty and Value of the Founders Library

Policy Implications:  At this point in the interview, Speaker Brubaker commends the Charter School Founder’s Library for clearly documenting what has worked and has not worked in the charter school landscape so that policy makers can leverage what is working and avoid what is not. But extension, his comments underscore what didn’t work as a […]

Interview of Harold Brubaker (Excerpt) putting back pressure on political opposition

Policy Implications:  A common misperception that policy makers assume in the current environment is that many of today’s charter school opponents never understood or accepted that charter school were going to be public schools. At this important moment in the interview, Speaker Brubaker explains how all parties understood and accepted that the new schools that were to be made […]