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t. e. Charter schools in the United States are primary or secondary education institutions which receive government funding but operate with a degree of autonomy or independence from local public school districts. Charter schools have a contract with local public school districts or other governmental authorizing bodies that allow them to operate.
Charter schools were targeted as a major component of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. [52] Specifically, the act specifies that students attending schools labeled as under-performing by state standards now have the option to transfer to a different school in the district, whether it is a state, private, or charter school.
Harmony Public Schools is the largest charter management organization in Texas with seventy campuses serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The headquarters are located in Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown), Houston, Texas, [3] In 2020, Harmony managed charter schools enrolling 40,000 students. [2]: 87.
Founded. 1997; 27 years ago (1997) Headquarters. 800 Corporate Drive, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334. Website. www.charterschoolsusa.com. Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is a for-profit education management organization in the United States. It operates eighty-seven schools in seven states including sixty one charter schools in Florida. [1]
Website. www.ideapublicschools.org. IDEA Public Schools, Inc (Individuals Dedicated to Excellence and Achievement Public Schools) is a not‐for‐profit charter school operator based in Weslaco, Texas. [1] It was formed in June 2000. [2][3][4] In 2015 it served about 19,000 students in 36 schools, about 85% of whom were economically disadvantaged.
There are currently 59 BASIS Curriculum schools. 43 of these are public charter schools found in Arizona, Louisiana, Texas and Washington, D.C. Six of these are private BASIS Independent Schools found in New York City, Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, California and Bellevue, Washington State. Ten are privately owned international schools ...
Washington, D.C. Revenue (2019[1]) $16,255,666. Website. www.publiccharters.org. The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is a non-profit trade association serving the charter school industry. NAPCS advocates for all charter schools including those that contract with charter management organizations and education management organizations.
Website. www.successacademies.org. Success Academy Charter Schools, originally Harlem Success Academy, is a charter school operator in New York City. Eva Moskowitz, a former city council member for the Upper East Side, is its founder and CEO. [4][5] It has 47 schools in the New York area and 17,000 students. [6]