Nov 13, 2020 | Authorizing, Professional Development, Terry's Blog
Each year, CSI staff members participate in the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference as both learners and presenters. This year was the same but, of course, things looked a bit different: the conference was held virtually and took...
Oct 19, 2020 | Authorizing, Terry's Blog
As the COVID-19 pandemic led to the suspension of in-person learning in the spring of 2020, schools scrambled to continue engaging students by working with available resources and using innovation and creativity. At CSI, we were also forced to take a hard look at our...
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...
Feb 21, 2020 | Authorizing, Terry's Blog
When CSI was created 15 years ago, it was the intent of the General Assembly that CSI “model best practices in authorizing charter schools and make those practices available to school districts.” (C.R.S. 22-30.5-503). CSI has taken this call to model authorizing...
