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keynote speaker

deborah meier

These schools belong to you and me

HIGHLIGHTED PANELs

Chartering, RacE and Class

Hats off to Minnesota:

The Itasca Panel

blog

My Takeaways from the Symposium

October 23, 2017

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Steve Zimmerman

“You shoulda been there,” John Merrow wrote on his blog a few days ago, referring to our inaugural Independent Charter School Symposium. Indeed, you shoulda -- but many were and many more would have been if we’d had the wherewithal to advertise more broadly. For a fledgling in a crowded nest of education conferences, the Symposium overperformed and there’s every reason to believe that the goodwill and energy unleashed at the conference has the potential to change the stagnant conversations around chartered...

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Panels And PResentations

Discover the amazing programming at #ICSS17. Our breakout sessions cover a wide range of topics. Click below to learn more about the panels and presentations as well as panelist bios.

Charter Authorization: Road to Greatness or Mediocrity?

ELL - Many Voices

let’s hear it for pbL

Advocating for what’s right at a time when so much is wrong

Amplifying the Success of Single-Site Charter Leaders of Color

Through the college gates

Rural - Not Flyover!

Strategies for Our Most vulnerable Populations

Peeling Back the Onion on the Civil Rights and Charter Movements

Getting Beyond Management and Labor

Teacher Decision Making & Student Achievement

Community & Collaboration

District-Charter Collaboration: Walking the Walk

Community-based Accountability

Unions and Charters: Have we delivered on the vision?

Making Millions (of Numbers) from Next to Nothing

HIGHLIGHTED VIDEOS

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