Charter Schools USA

Founded in 1997, Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is one of the oldest and largest education management companies in the United States. Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is the operator of 70 charter schools in seven states including 42 charter schools in Florida.[1] The schools serve more than 60,000 students. AdvancEd awarded CSUSA the first Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) district accreditation for an education management company.[2] The company’s founder, Jonathan Hage, CEO of CSUSA, was selected as Floridian of the year by Florida Trend magazine in its January 2013 issue. [3]

CSUSA management-run schools are tuition-free. Student 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.

Floridian of the Year

Florida Trend Magazine selected Jonathan Hage, founder and CEO of Charter Schools USA as the Floridian of the Year. Hage was chosen due to his experience in education policy work, and creation of the fastest-growing for-profit charter school management company in the nation.[4] “We designed things here that we thought would be innovative,” says Jonathan Hage, CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based Charter Schools USA, which built and manages the school.[5]

Hage is the eldest of three brothers, growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Both his mother and father taught music, and according to him were “the quintessential teachers.” [6] He went to several public and private schools,eventually enrolling at Nova High School. He attended Trevecca University but soon decided to return home and enroll in ROTC. After enlisting, and four years at the University of Colorado, he graduated with a degree in political science.

Indianapolis Schools

Charter Schools USA, the Florida-based company was nominated by the state to turn over three failing schools in Indianapolis. This was the first-in-the-nation type project. The three schools managed by Charter Schools USA are Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, Emmerich Mannual High School, and Emma Donnan Middle School. The schools are now given over on a performance contract, which grants the operator, Charter Schools USA, four years to improve.[7]


The turnaround process was first put into motion by a 1999 law, which said schools with student standardized test scores in the lowest category for five straight years could face intervention from the State Board of Education.


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Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Louisiana

Michigan

North Carolina

References

  1. ↑ Charter Schools USA website
  2. ↑ http://www.charterschoolsusa.com/about-charter-schools/#advantages
  3. ↑ http://americanschoolchoice.com/school-choice-leader-chosen-as-2012s-floridian-of-the-year/
  4. ↑ http://www.floridatrend.com/article/15060/jonathan-hage
  5. ↑ http://www.floridatrend.com/article/15060/jonathan-hage
  6. ↑ http://www.floridatrend.com/article/15060/jonathan-hage
  7. ↑ http://www.edreform.com/2012/12/indiana-turnaround-schools-model-for-us/

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