A Year of New Initiatives
Year-end message from Carrie Irvin, CEO and Co-founder
In NYC, Like Everywhere, School Boards are Key
A recent New York Times article lays out the case for mayoral control of schools and explains the argument against district school boards. But there is another important school dimension of governance: the school-level, non-elected, nonprofit boards that govern the 200+ public charter schools in New York City and thousands more schools across the country.
It’s Time for Those Difficult Conversations
If we want our schools to shape citizens who will make the world a better place, we must talk about issues of diversity, race, equity, and power. Yet many charter school boards avoid these issues, or just skate on their surface.
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CBP & Ed Cities in The 74 Million
Charter Board Partners CEO Carrie Irvin and Ethan Gray, CEO of Education Cities, make the case that Logo from The 74 Millioneducation policy reforms are only as good as the governance systems that promote and monitor them.
Contributors
- Sarah Brody
- Carrie C. Irvin
- Kate Williamson
- Simmons Lettre
- Kate Essex
- Misha Charles
- Tom Vander Ark
- Stephen Marcus
- Stephanie Ang
- Brian Jones
- Raël Nelson James
- Robin Carr
- Beth Moore
- Gina Mahony
- Renita K. Thukral
- Lauren Baum
- Marti Tesfaye
- Shereen Williams
- Jacqueline Greer
- Naomi Rubin DeVeaux
- Anne Wallestad
- Amanda Fernandez
- Debbie Lister
- Charter Board Partners
- Alicia Robinson
- Chinesom Ejiasa
- Pat Talbert Smith
- David Connerty-Marin
- Emily Gauthier
- Venus Valladares
- Lucy Castillo
- Nina Rees
- Nick Driver
- Anita Landecker