#LEAD Program Cohorts
COHORTS & GRADUATES MENTORS APPLY Our #LEAD Cohorts Meet the #LEADers Committed to Bold Action for Students The #LEAD Charter School Leaders Program brings together aspiring and emerging leaders who…
#LEAD Program Mentors
COHORTS MENTORS APPLY Meet Our Mentors The #LEAD Program’s Mentors work hand-in-hand with our #LEADers to provide guidance, resources and help achieve the program goals. James Lewis #LEAD Mentor James…
Thank You to Our Partners!
Excellence is never an accident. It’s the result of people choosing—day after day—to act boldly on behalf of kids. This year, I’ve seen that spirit everywhere: in authorizers raising the bar, boards leaning into their duty, and school leaders refusing to settle for “good enough.” You are the stewards of possibility and the guardians of…
Is Public Education Obsolete?
How Chartering Can Build a Better Future for Students, Educators, and Communities A Tribute to Ted Kolderie at 95 By Jim Goenner, Ph.D. Everything Becomes Obsolete Everything that stops growing and adapting eventually becomes obsolete. Not because it fails, but because the world keeps changing. The horse did not fail; the car made it unnecessary. Candles did…
Kids Don’t Need a Sector. They Need a Movement.
Movements change what’s possible. Sectors protect what is. By Jim Goenner, Ph.D.Published in CharterFolk | November 2025 I’m grateful to be part of the charter schools movement. We are a group of spirited, strong-willed, opinionated mavericks. We don’t think alike, act alike, or look alike. But we are united by something deeper: a conviction that every child deserves a great education, and the “one best system” is standing in the way…
Kids Don’t Need a Sector. They Need a Movement.
Movements change what’s possible. Sectors protect what is. By Jim Goenner, Ph.D.Published in CharterFolk | November 2025 I’m grateful to be part of the charter schools movement. We are a group of spirited, strong-willed, opinionated mavericks. We don’t think alike, act alike, or look alike. But we are united by something deeper: a conviction that every child deserves a great education, and the “one best system” is standing in the way…
Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E5: Chartering the Frontier
About Season 2 Episode 5: Chartering the Frontier Every region has its trailblazers. In the early 1990s, California and Colorado became unlikely frontiers for the charter school movement. Their laws didn’t pass by chance. They were the product of bold leadership, creative coalition-building, and relentless persistence. California’s story is one of speed, innovation, and unlikely…
Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E4: Charters Go National
About Season 2 Episode 4: Charters Go National Great ideas rarely succeed on vision alone. They need champions. They need strategy. They need leaders willing to ask bold questions and act when the window opens. That’s exactly what happened when the chartering idea began to move from a spark in Minnesota to a national movement….
Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E3: The First Law
About Season 2 Episode 3: The First Law Behind every bold law is a bolder story. In this episode of Bold by Choice, we step into the moment that changed everything—the birth of the first charter school law. It wasn’t a straight path. It wasn’t inevitable. And it certainly wasn’t easy. But it’s in the…
Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E2: Ideas to Action
About Season 2, Episode 2: Ideas to Action “You can’t expect new results from old designs.” Those words capture the essence of Ted Kolderie’s legacy—and the heart of this episode of Bold by Choice Podcast. Kolderie isn’t just another policy thinker. He is a systems designer, a civic leader who challenged us to stop patching…
Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E1: The Idea
About Season 2, Episode 1: The Idea Every movement has a beginning. For chartering, it did not start with national policy, but with a bold idea scribbled on paper, shared in speeches, debated in think tanks, and carried into law by people who believed public education could be more than what it was. In this first episode of…
Convening the Nation’s Education Leaders
National Summit on Education 2025 ExcelinEd’s annual National Summit on Education is the nation’s premier gathering of education policymakers, state education chiefs and advocates. Each year, more than a thousand state and national…
Engaging Community, Sharing Leadership
EVALUATION25 AEA invites evaluation practitioners, researchers, and community members to explore and advance the future of evaluation at Evaluation 2025. This year’s theme, Engaging Communities, Sharing Leadership, reflects our commitment to…
Empowering Educators of Color for Student Success
Amplify 2025 The 8th Annual Amplify Conference, hosted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center in Kansas City, Missouri, takes place on Friday and Saturday,…
Reaching At-Promise Students Association
2025 Annual RAPSA Forum The 2025 RAPSA Forum is centered around advancing inclusive education and redefining success for opportunity youth. This year’s sessions are organized into five key strands, each…
Is Public Education Obsolete?
How Chartering Can Build a Better Future for Students, Educators, and Communities A Tribute to Ted Kolderie at 95 By Jim Goenner, Ph.D. Everything Becomes Obsolete Everything that stops growing and adapting eventually becomes obsolete. Not because it fails, but because the world keeps changing. The horse did not fail; the car made it unnecessary. Candles did…
Bold by Choice
Dare to Take Bold Action! We believe advancing education for kids takes courage. This movement celebrates the individuals and organizations making courageous, impactful decisions that shape the future of learning….
National Association of Charter School Authorizers
NACSACon 2025 NACSACon is more than just an authorizing conference – IT’S A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.Get ready to launch into an unforgettable conference experience! Whether you’re charting new territory in authorizing…
Texas Charter Schools Conference
2025 PCPCS Annual Conference 20 Years of Choice: Honoring Innovation, Celebrating Resilience, and Inspiring a Bright Future. We’re excited to welcome you as we come together for the PCPCS 2025…
Texas Charter Schools Conference
Growing Toward Tomorrow The Texas Public Charter Schools Conference is committed to advancing the quality of public charter schools and improving student achievement through strengthening, motivating and collaborating with our…
2025 CSDC Conference
The annual event not-to-be missed by California charter school leaders. The CSDC Conference is your one-stop shop for in-depth content—including the Leadership Update Presentation—relationship building, and connection to the resources…
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Thank You to Our Partners!
Excellence is never an accident. It’s the result of people choosing—day after day—to act boldly on behalf of kids. This year, I’ve seen that spirit everywhere: in authorizers raising the bar, boards leaning into their duty, and school leaders refusing to settle for “good enough.” You are the stewards of possibility and the guardians of…
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Is Public Education Obsolete?
How Chartering Can Build a Better Future for Students, Educators, and Communities A Tribute to Ted Kolderie at 95 By Jim Goenner, Ph.D. Everything Becomes Obsolete Everything that stops growing and adapting eventually becomes obsolete. Not because it fails, but because the world keeps changing. The horse did not fail; the car made it unnecessary. Candles did…
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Kids Don’t Need a Sector. They Need a Movement.
Movements change what’s possible. Sectors protect what is. By Jim Goenner, Ph.D.Published in CharterFolk | November 2025 I’m grateful to be part of the charter schools movement. We are a group of spirited, strong-willed, opinionated mavericks. We don’t think alike, act alike, or look alike. But we are united by something deeper: a conviction that every child deserves a great education, and the “one best system” is standing in the way…
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Kids Don’t Need a Sector. They Need a Movement.
Movements change what’s possible. Sectors protect what is. By Jim Goenner, Ph.D.Published in CharterFolk | November 2025 I’m grateful to be part of the charter schools movement. We are a group of spirited, strong-willed, opinionated mavericks. We don’t think alike, act alike, or look alike. But we are united by something deeper: a conviction that every child deserves a great education, and the “one best system” is standing in the way…
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Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E5: Chartering the Frontier
About Season 2 Episode 5: Chartering the Frontier Every region has its trailblazers. In the early 1990s, California and Colorado became unlikely frontiers for the charter school movement. Their laws didn’t pass by chance. They were the product of bold leadership, creative coalition-building, and relentless persistence. California’s story is one of speed, innovation, and unlikely…
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Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E4: Charters Go National
About Season 2 Episode 4: Charters Go National Great ideas rarely succeed on vision alone. They need champions. They need strategy. They need leaders willing to ask bold questions and act when the window opens. That’s exactly what happened when the chartering idea began to move from a spark in Minnesota to a national movement….
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Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E3: The First Law
About Season 2 Episode 3: The First Law Behind every bold law is a bolder story. In this episode of Bold by Choice, we step into the moment that changed everything—the birth of the first charter school law. It wasn’t a straight path. It wasn’t inevitable. And it certainly wasn’t easy. But it’s in the…
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Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E2: Ideas to Action
About Season 2, Episode 2: Ideas to Action “You can’t expect new results from old designs.” Those words capture the essence of Ted Kolderie’s legacy—and the heart of this episode of Bold by Choice Podcast. Kolderie isn’t just another policy thinker. He is a systems designer, a civic leader who challenged us to stop patching…
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Bold by Choice Podcast | About S2 E1: The Idea
About Season 2, Episode 1: The Idea Every movement has a beginning. For chartering, it did not start with national policy, but with a bold idea scribbled on paper, shared in speeches, debated in think tanks, and carried into law by people who believed public education could be more than what it was. In this first episode of…
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Is Public Education Obsolete?
How Chartering Can Build a Better Future for Students, Educators, and Communities A Tribute to Ted Kolderie at 95 By Jim Goenner, Ph.D. Everything Becomes Obsolete Everything that stops growing and adapting eventually becomes obsolete. Not because it fails, but because the world keeps changing. The horse did not fail; the car made it unnecessary. Candles did…
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