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Community Conversations with NACSA
The only podcast that tells the stories of charter school authorizing and the people that strive to ensure students and families have access to quality public schools.
Community Conversations with NACSA
Latest Episodes
Financial Oversight in Practice: A Conversation with Jamie Garwood
Spotting a financial red flag at a charter school is one thing. Knowing what to do next is another. In this episode, David Greenberg sits down with Jamie Garwood of Ball State University to talk through a real financial oversight challenge she ...
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Financial Oversight at the Start of the School Year
This episode is drawn directly from a Third Thursdays session with NACSA's financial oversight community — a monthly peer group where authorizers work through real oversight challenges together.David Greenberg, who leads NACSA's Authoriz...
From Approved to Open: Tennessee's Approach to Readiness
What happens between a charter school's approval and its opening day? In this episode of Community Conversations with NACSA, Sophie Binenfeld Gilmore of the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission joins us to unpack how NACSA's Read...
From Vision to Authorizer—The VUCIL, UNCF & NACSA Journey
What does it actually take to become a charter school authorizer—and what does it look like when the right partners show up to support that work? In this episode, we sit down with Shantelle D. Wright from UNCF to explore the full arc of the jou...
The Follow-Up: Arizona’s Application Evolution ft. Rachel Hannah
Last season, we sat down with Rachel Hannah (Arizona State Board for Charter Schools) to discuss her journey to rethink their new school application process and prioritize people. In this episode, she talks with NACSA’s Jay Whalen, sharing insi...