Earl Simms
2015 NACSA Leader
St. Louis Director, University of Missouri’s Office of Charter School Operations
Earl Simms
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NACSA is committed to sharing regular updates on the latest federal COVID-19 information available in an effort to highlight education policies taking place during the pandemic. Primarily, these updates will focus on the latest packages Congress is considering and guidance from the U.S. Department of Education.
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Assessments Must Be Part of the Post-COVID Education World
States and schools now have a clear understanding of their annual assessment pathway, waiver or not, with the majority of states pursuing testing. (As NACSA has stated before, assessments in...
Florida Expansion of Authorizing Blemished by Late Discriminatory Amendment
What originally caught our eye on Florida’s SB 1028 was the expansion of authorizing privileges to higher education institutions. Technically, colleges in Florida were already allowed to authorize charter lab schools, but SB...
Transformative Charter Schools Are Not Created in a Lab: Here’s Why
This blog post was written by Susie Miller Carello, Executive Director, SUNY Charter Schools Institute. At the State University of New York Charter Schools Institute (SUNY), we believe that all students, regardless of...