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Josephine Baker – Bio

Josephine (Jo) Baker Board of Advisors, Founder DC
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Josephine (Jo) Baker

Executive Director, DC Public Charter School Board (2002 - 2011)

Josephine Baker led the public charter school sector in Washington, DC through the peak of its growth and development from 1997 to 2011.

She was appointed as a founding member of the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB), elected as its first chair in 1997, and served as executive director from 2002 - 2011. Josephine Baker has also served as a founding member and chair of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers. In 2009, she was inducted into the National Charter Schools Hall of Fame. Baker retired from twenty-five years of teaching in DC Public Schools, just as DC’s charter law was enacted. Baker documented the story of the impact of DC's public charter school sector in her book, The Evolution and Revolution of DC Charter Schools.

Josephine Baker Library Contributions

Founders Library Promo 2022

Ember Reichgott Junge, Eric Premack, Gary Hart, Jim Goenner, Ph.D., John Ellis (Jeb) Bush, Josephine (Jo) Baker, Peggy Kerns, Shavar Jeffries, Ted Kolderie, Will Marshall
2022

MCCSA Acountability Standards

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2003

Central Michigan University And Charter Public Schools, 2003-08-22

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2003

Agreement Between The DC Public Charter School Board And Choice Strategies Group LLC

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2000

New York City Charter School Context

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2003

Amendment To Memorandum Of Agreement Between The District Of Columbia Public Charter School Board And The Urban Institute’s Neighborhoodinfo DC

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2009

Memorandum To Josephine Baker From New Leaders For New Schools, MPR, And Rand

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2009

Media Advisory Charter School Advocate From Washington DC To Urge Lawmakers To Support A State Charter School Board For Minnesota

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2009

Work Paper #4

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2003

Special Bulletin To Charter School Friends And Supporters From Malcolm Peabody, 2001-08-24

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2001

Education Commission Of The States Charter District Network Meeting #4, 2003-08-21-22

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2003

Notes From Meeting On Student Tracking And Data Warehouse Information, 2005-12-07

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2005

How District Leaders Can Support The New Schools Strategy, Education Evolving, August 2003

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2003

Drafts For Discussion Purposes Only, Attachments 1-3, Stopgap Student Tracking Proposal, 2006-01-24

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2006

Credit Enhancement

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2002

Mayor’s Order, Disposition Of Surplus Properties And Facilities, 2000-08-31

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2000

Section 128/129 Of DC Bill

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2000

Essential Components Of A Strong Public Charter School Law, National Alliance For Pubilc Charter Schools

Josephine (Jo) Baker
DC | 2013
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