May 15, 2024 | Accountability, Authorizing, School Choice, School Leadership, Terry's Blog
The Charter School Institute (CSI), established by law in 2004, embarked on a mission to serve as a model authorizer and redefine the landscape of charter school authorization. Tasked with being both an alternative and a pacesetter, CSI’s journey has been one of...
Nov 5, 2021 | Accountability, Authorizing, School Choice, Terry's Blog
This year continues to bring surprises as schools seek to address learning loss, support staff and students with very real mental health concerns, and develop, maintain, or recreate a culture that is welcoming and safe. In addition to all this, school are still being...
Mar 15, 2021 | Accountability, Authorizing, Terry's Blog
One Year of COVID-19: A Reflection It is hard to believe it has been a full year since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The past twelve months have been uniquely challenging and a true test of our ability to adapt our work quickly to support our schools as they responded...
Aug 31, 2020 | Accountability, Authorizing, Educators, Terry's Blog
Last week, I had the honor of serving as a panelist for the African Leadership Group’s (ALG) 5th Annual Afrik Impact Educational Forum. The forum had a fitting theme that has been the topic of conversation in both my personal life and professional life:...
May 29, 2020 | Accountability, Authorizing, Terry's Blog
COVID-19 has brought new challenges to most every aspect of life, and public education has not been spared. Schools have had to quickly adapt to their changing circumstances, whether due to restriction of in-person learning or the anticipated impacts to funding....
Mar 3, 2020 | Accountability, Authorizing, School Choice, Terry's Blog
With data from the 2019 October Count released by the state a little over a month ago, CSI’s Evaluation and Assessment team got to work digging, slicing, and dicing the data. The analysis allows CSI to get a better grasp on how we’re performing as a portfolio over...
