Each new year brings with it an opportunity to reflect, to renew, and to ready ourselves for the challenges ahead. While many of us engage in these activities on our own, the SchoolWorks staff came together in the first week of January to celebrate all of our accomplishments in 2016 and engage in planning and preparation... read more
Expanding Partnerships with Both Public Prep & Chelsea Public Schools
Over the past several years, SchoolWorks has conducted School Quality Reviews at both Public Prep (a network of 5 New York City charter schools) and Chelsea Public Schools (a Boston area school district with 9 schools). These School Quality Reviews... read more
In an effort to improve charter school quality through better accountability, Ohio state law requires The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to evaluate community school sponsors each year. Beginning in January 2015 and annually thereafter, sponsors (interchangeably referred to as authorizers) will be evaluated on three... read more
As a component of its re-envisioned Successor Leader Program, the KIPP Foundation has modified the existing Successor Leader School Quality Review process to assess the current strengths and the areas for development against the school-wide priorities set at the beginning of the year. The review process is designed to be... read more
SchoolWorks is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to implement the Minnesota Authorizer Performance Evaluation System (MAPES); a comprehensive evaluation of their existing charter school authorizers.
SchoolWorks was contracted by MDE in February 2015 to review four cohorts of authorizers between... read more