Charter Schools USA

	Charter Schools USA 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. In 2019, Charter Schools USA managed charter schools enrolling approximately 70,000 students on a '' vendor operated school'' basis. CSUSA management-run schools are tuition-free to the parent. Students must wear uniforms and parental involvement is required. Teachers are paid for performance and teach a standard curriculum that includes music, art, sciences and customary classes. Charter Schools USA manages every aspect of the program from marketing for new students, teacher recruitment, curriculum development, equipment and book ordering to financial management and oversight. History CSUSA was founded in 1997 by Jonathan Hage, a former U.S. Army Green Beret and a champion of Education Reform and School Choice. Jon Hage was named Floridian of the Year by ''Florida Trend'' magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Education Management Organization An education management organization (EMO) is a term of art describing a for-profit entity that manages schools. It provides a distinction from charter management organization which is a ''non-profit'' manager of charter schools. The terms are often used interchangeably, with resulting confusion. Other and older usages of the term describe an organization that develops and distributes school curricula. These organizations in the United States provide the curricula for public schools, charter schools, virtual schools, and homeschooling parents. History In 1991, Minnesota enacted legislation that enabled charter schools. Other states followed. The state or its delegate issues a charter to a school. In most states, the charter-holder has the privileges and responsibilities of a school board, but not the taxing authority. Many states have adopted laws that require that the holder of the school charter be a non-profit organization. As a result, the most common form of a charter mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Education Management Organization An education management organization (EMO) is a term of art describing a for-profit entity that manages schools. It provides a distinction from charter management organization which is a ''non-profit'' manager of charter schools. The terms are often used interchangeably, with resulting confusion. Other and older usages of the term describe an organization that develops and distributes school curricula. These organizations in the United States provide the curricula for public schools, charter schools, virtual schools, and homeschooling parents. History In 1991, Minnesota enacted legislation that enabled charter schools. Other states followed. The state or its delegate issues a charter to a school. In most states, the charter-holder has the privileges and responsibilities of a school board, but not the taxing authority. Many states have adopted laws that require that the holder of the school charter be a non-profit organization. As a result, the most common form of a charter mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Charter Management Organization A charter management organization (CMO) is an educational organization that operates charter schools in the United States. Charter schools are public schools that operate independently of the local government school district. A CMO contracts with a charter school to provide a specific service or set of services. They may not hold the charter except for in AZ. By convention, a CMO manages at least three schools and serves at least 300 students. Additionally, they must be a separate business entity from the school. History Economist Milton Friedman in 1955 proposed that education could be improved by a universal school voucher program. A free market in primary and secondary education would allow consumers (parents) to choose among alternatives, stimulating competition and improvement. In 1974, Ray Budde, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, floated the idea of a charter school. In 1991, Minnesota enacted legislation that enabled charter schools. Other states fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Florida Trend ''Florida Trend'' is a media company delivering business news and information across print and digital platforms. Florida Trend reports on all industry sectors, including health care, education, research and technology, finance, law, transportation and real estate. The media company regularly hosts community and industry portrait events with business and community leaders, shining a spotlight on growth in regional economies across the state. David G. Denor is Florida Trend’s publisher. ''Florida Trends monthly business magazine is read by more than 260,600 influential business, civil and governmental leaders and its companion website, FloridaTrend.com garners nearly 130,000 unique visitors each month. Its daily late-breaking business eNews alerts and weekly industry targeted eNewsletters are delivered to over 119,000 engaged and loyal opt-in e-news subscribers. Each month, Florida Trend delivers more than 3.4 million eNews alerts to its digital opt-in subscriber audience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Carr Howe Community High School Thomas Carr Howe Community High School was a secondary school in Indianapolis that served grades 7–12. It was operated by Charter Schools USA. IPS Indianapolis Public Schools has plans to reopen Howe as a middle school in the 2024-25 school year. History Thomas Carr Howe High School (Indianapolis public school #420) broke ground in 1937. It was originally known as Irvington High School and was meant to serve the Irvington and surrounding areas on the eastside of Indianapolis. The first classes were in 1938. The school closed down in 1995. Howe reopened in 2000 as a community high school serving grades 6-12 school. Howe was eventually re-closed again in 2020. IPS has plans to reopen Howe as an IB International Baccalaureate middle school in the 2024-25 school year. https://myips.org/rebuilding-stronger/schools/thomas-carr-howe-middle-school/ Previous Principals: 2012-2014- Keith Burke 2015-2017- Tyler Small 2017-2019- Lloyd Knight 2019-2020- Paige Pittman See also * List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Emmerich Manual High School Emmerich Manual High School is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. It was a traditional high school in the Indianapolis Public Schools district. It is now one of the schools operated by Christel House Academy. History Establishment To provide training in such fields as mechanics, drafting, and the domestic arts, a resolution was adopted which petitioned the Indiana General Assembly to permit the school board to levy a tax for the construction of a new industrial school in Indianapolis. On June 14, 1888, the board went on record as favoring the proposed step in manual training education and voted to establish two such classes in the Indianapolis High School. Forty students enrolled in these first classes, and enthusiasm for the undertaking grew. A bill to enable the Board of School Commissioners to levy a tax for the construction of an industrial school in Indianapolis (House Bill 811) was introduced in the Indiana House of Representatives on February 19, 1891. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]