The 9 members of the Washington Charter School Commission (WCSC) have been appointed and the WCSC held its first meeting on Thursday (4/4/2013) at the state Capitol in Olympia, beginning at 11 AM. The public was welcomed to attend...Twelve WA School Districts have filed a letter of intent with the State Board of Education preserving the option to file a full application for charter granting authority by the July 1 deadline... [Return to Top]

Great news! The videos of most of the presentations from the 12/15/12 Charter School Conference at UW-Tacoma are now available online...Charter starters are going public...Information on who can authorize you to start your public charter school... [Return to Top]

Over 160 educators, parents and community leaders gathered on Saturday, to learn how to improve public education for the children of Washington through the passage of I-1240.  It's hard to summarize all the information and wisdom that the public charter school experts from around the country shared with us from 9-5 on Saturday. Debbie Cafazzo, the education reporter from The News Tribune, wrote her article for the Sunday paper. But, here are our favorite moments from Saturday... [Return to Top]

Green Dot Public Schools is committed to changing the landscape of public education so that every child can be successful in college, leadership, and life. Green Dot is fulfilling this mission by running high-achieving public charter schools that are focused on graduating students and fully preparing them for college.l. Hope to see you in Tacoma! Click for more information and REGISTER NOW!... [Return to Top]

If you have RSVP'd but have not yet registered and paid your $25 registration fee please sign-up today! Space is limited and the price increases to $35 after 12/9/12. You can pay with a credit card or through Paypal. Hope to see you in Tacoma! Click for more information and REGISTER NOW!... [Return to Top]

It's time to get together to celebrate, review the law, network and talk about next steps. So, we are putting together a conference on December 15th, from 9-5 in Tacoma. To help us get the right sized venue, please RSVP if you plan to attend. We expect the cost will be $25 per person. Stay tuned for more details and the location. Hope to see you in Tacoma!... [Return to Top]

We won! The Associated Press has declared I-1240 will become law! Public charter schools will be legal everywhere in WA as soon the election results are certified on December 6... [Return to Top]

Almost 800,000 additional ballots have been counted since Election Night, and Initiative 1240 is looking more and more like it will ultimately win a majority of votes cast when the election results are ultimately certified by the Secretary of State... [Return to Top]

The 2012 Charter Public Schools ballot initiative (I-1240) is currently ahead 51.2% to 48.8%, with about half the votes counted. The rest of the votes will be counted over the next two weeks as the ballots mailed yesterday and today are eventually delivered, processed and counted... [Return to Top]

If you want to help the I-1240 campaign, these are 3 things that you can do right now... [Return to Top]

Great news!  Yesterday afternoon a bipartisan coalition filed a ballot initiative with the Secretary of State to authorize public charter schools in WA.  The initiative has not yet been given a number, but you can download a copy from the Secretary of State's web page... [Return to Top]