Community Conversations with NACSA
Listen to experts in education discuss critical topics that will help to answer questions like, “What can be done to ensure families have access to high-quality education for their children? How can school leaders allow educators the autonomy they need to best serve students? How should schools be held accountable for their performance? And when we say ‘quality,’ what does that really mean?"
Episodes
18 episodes
The Power of People in the New School Application Process
David Greenberg, NACSA's Vice President of Authorizer Learning & Development sits down with Rachel Hannah, Deputy Assistant Director at the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools to discuss her journey through the new school application pr...
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25:34
2024 Change Makers
2024 marks a year of growth, innovation, and dedication, and we’re thrilled to introduce you to NACSA’s Change Makers — a group of charter leaders who are making an extraordinary impact in their communities. From reimagining the future of chart...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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34:37
Survey Says: 2024 State of Authorizing Revealed
86 authorizers, across 30 states and the District of Columbia participated in our 2024 State of Authorizing survey. These authorizers oversee nearly two-thirds of the charter schools in the country and their answers help paint a comprehensive p...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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20:37
Parents and Authorizers: A Partnership for Student Success
One of the most important goals of quality authorizing is to create more transparency and access for families to truly understand and engage in the education their children receive. Parents are an integral part of improving our nation’s educ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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50:41
Foundations of Excellence: Capacities of New School Founding Teams
Eric Mahmoud, CEO of Harvest Best Academy in Minneapolis, sits down with his former authorizer and NACSA’s Vice President of Authorizer Learning and Development, David Greenberg, to talk about critical capacities of a charter school founding te...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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17:48
Accountability From the Start
One of the most consequential decisions any authorizer makes for students and communities is whether to approve a new school to open. NACSA’s Vice President of Authorizer Learning and Development, David Greenberg, sits down with Jay Whalen, Dir...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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22:48
Accountability—Now Is the Time
In this episode of Community Conversations with NACSA, NACSA's President and CEO, Dr. M. Karega Rausch, Vice President of Authorizer and Learning Development, David Greenberg, and Vice President of Policy and Institutional Change, Veronica Broo...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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25:48
A Story of Student Supports and Outcomes
For Mental Health Awareness Month, NACSA examines the role of authorizing and school accountability in ensuring student wellness. To kick-off Season 2 of our podcast, Community Conversations with NACSA, we spoke with Andrea Browning (W...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:00
A Story of Innovation & Partnership
Tressa Pankovits, Co-Director of Reinventing America’s Schools Project at the Progressive Policy Institute, Priscila Dilley, Senior Officer at the Leadership Academy Network, and Dr. David Saenz, Chief of Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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21:33
BONUS: Pass the Mic ft. EnTere Ed Collective
NACSA passes the mic to EnTere Ed Collective. EnTere Ed, a space where Black, Brown, and Indigenous authorizers and authorizing-adjacent professionals thrive, aims revolutionize the K-12 charter school education sector by elevating equity, auth...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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35:05
Great Authorizers are Equitable Authorizers
Veronica Brooks-Uy, NACSA's Vice President of Policy and Institutional Change sits down with Dr. Kelli Peterson, founder of The Ed.ucateD Approach, to discuss the ongoing need for and importance of closing the DEI gap and challenges on the jour...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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34:02
New School Applications: Shifting Rigor
NACSA Vice President of Authorizer and Learning Development, David Greenberg, sits down with Laurie Schroeder (Innovative Quality Schools) and Jason Moore (Buckeye Community Hope Foundation) to discuss the importance of shifting the rigor of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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34:34
Free, Public, Open to All
NACSA’s Vice President of Communications, Courtney Hughley, sits down with Ebony Lee, partner at the Charter School Growth Fund and NACSA board member, and Steven Cruz, communications director at City Fund. Live from NACSACon 2023,...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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39:13
Applying Authorizing Principles Across Education
NACSA's Director of Strategic Partnerships, Jason Zwara, sits down with Joseph Escobedo, Director of Charter Schools, Albuquerque Public Schools, and David Frank, Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Education Policy at the New York State E...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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26:54
The Evolution of School Accountability
NACSA’s Director of Authorizer & School Quality, Jay Whalen, sits down with Rafael Simmons, Chief Portfolio Innovation and Accountability Officer at New Orleans Public Schools, and Jeff Wasbes, Executive Deputy Director for Accountability
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:56
Working With Communities
NACSA’s Vice President of Authorizer Learning and Development, DavidGreenberg, sits down with founder of Venn Education, Dave Hartman, to discuss the importance of making community voices, needs, aspirations, and involvement central t...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:31
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Education
NACSA's Vice President of Policy and Institutional Change, Veronica Brooks-Uy, sits down with NACSA's Chief Operating and Talent Officer, Guerschmide Saint-Ange, to discuss DEI in authorizing and the broader education sector. Acce...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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32:49
The Truth About Charter School Oversight
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers' (NACSA) Vice President of Communications, Courtney Hughley, sits down with NACSA President & CEO, M. Karega Rausch, Ph.D., to dispel myths about charter school oversight and accountabi...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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25:55