View Charter Founders Joe Williams Founder Director, Democrats for Education Reform Joe Williams, political director for Walton Enterprises, has built a reputation as one of the most effective strategists and coalition-builders in the education reform community. The founding director of Democrats for Education Reform, Joe is a nationally recognized analyst and public speaker on education […]
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Caprice Young – Bio
View Charter Founders Caprice Young, Ed.D. President, Education Growth Group Caprice Young is an inductee to the Charter School Hall of Fame by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, whose board she once chaired. She was the founding CEO and President of the California Charter Schools Association and has served as the superintendent of […]
Shavar Jeffries – Bio
View Charter Founders Shavar Jeffries President, Democrats for Education Reform Shavar Jeffries is a civil-rights lawyer and executive leader with over 20 years of experience fighting for equal opportunity and racial justice. Shavar is a partner at Lowenstein Sandler, where he has litigated complex civil-litigation and class-action matters. Shavar also is president of Education Reform […]
Norman Atkins – Bio
View Charter Founders Norman Atkins Co-Founder, North Star Academy (Newark) Norman leads Together Education, an innovation studio that catalyzes enduring, scalable solutions to our most pressing education challenges. He is the Co-Founder former President of Relay GSE, an accredited institution of higher education that annually trains 5,000 teachers and principals nationwide. In 1997, he co-founded […]
Sarah Tantillo – Bio
View Charter Founders Sarah Tantillo, Ed.D Former coordinator of the New Jersey Charter School Resource Center Sarah Tantillo, Ed.D. is the creator of The Literacy Cookbook (www.literacycookbook.com) and author of The Literacy Cookbook: A Practical Guide to Effective Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Instruction (Jossey-Bass, 2012), Literacy and the Common Core: Recipes for Action (Jossey-Bass, 2014), Using Grammar to Improve Writing: Recipes […]
Gloria Bonilla-Santiago – Bio
View Charter Founders Gloria Bonilla-Santiago Chairperson and Founder, LEAP Academy University Charter School Gloria Bonilla-Santiago is a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor, Graduate Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also directs the Community Leadership Center and is the overseer and Board Chair of the LEAP Academy University […]
Interview of Harold J. Brubaker
2021 marks 25 years of Chartering for North Carolina. To commemorate this milestone the Charter Founders Library invited Harold J. Brubaker, former Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1977-2012) and now Principal, Brubaker & Associates to share his oral history. Interviewed by, former Minnesota Senator, Ember Reichgott Junge.
Interview of Nelson Smith
In celebration of the June 4th 2021, 30th anniversary of Public Charter Schools we interviewed Nelson Smith, former President of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and later, Senior Advisor, National Association of Charter School Authorizers. Interviewed by our very own Ember Reichgott Junge, former Minnesota State Senator and now liaison to the National […]
Interview of Richard McLellan: The Idea of a Charter School (Excerpt)
Spring 2021, Richard McLellan was interviewed by Jim Goenner to talk about his involvement in the charter schools movement.
Interview of Richard McLellan: Authorizers (Excerpt)
Spring 2021, Richard McLellan was interviewed by Jim Goenner to talk about his involvement in the charter schools movement.
