National Alliance Congratulates 2018 U.S. Department of Education Charter Management Organization Grant Recipients

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement has published the names of the recipients of about $100.2 million in Charter School Program (CSP) Grants to Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools competition.

CSP grants to CMOs enable high-quality public charter schools to replicate and expand; increase the enrollment of existing charter schools and create new charter schools that are based on a high-quality charter school model.

"We are excited to congratulate the CMO winners of this year’s CSP grant competition as they work to expand high-performing and high-quality public charter schools," said Nina Rees, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. "These grants are critical for charter school networks that are providing thousands of students with excellent public educational opportunities.”

Currently, more than 7,000 public charter schools serve nearly 3.2 million public school students across 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico – and a growing number of families are demanding more.

More on the grants announced today below:

Charter School Program Grants to Charter Management Organizations
This year, CSP grants to CMOs were awarded to 15 entities. Organizations that received 2018 CSP Grants for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools are Alpha Public Schools, AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation, Aspire Public Schools, ASU Preparatory Academy, Building the Future Education Collaborative, Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids (BRICK), Collegiate Academies, Crescent City Schools, Ednovate Inc., IDEA Public Schools, Inspire NOLA Charter Schools, KIPP Foundation in Consortium with KIPP Regions, Responsive Education Solutions, Scholarship Prep and Success Academy Charter Schools.

CSP Grants for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools
A notice inviting applications for the CSP Grants for Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CMO grants) for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) was delayed from its original timeline. The completion was instead held in early 2019 and Congress made FY18 funds available through March 31, 2019.

About Public Charter Schools
Public charter schools are independent, public, and tuition-free schools that are given the freedom to be more innovative while being held accountable for advancing student achievement. Since 2010, many research studies have found that students in charter schools do better in school than their traditional school peers. For example, one study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that charter schools do a better job teaching low income students, minority students, and students who are still learning English than traditional schools. Separate studies by the Center on Reinventing Public Education and Mathematica Policy Research have found that charter school students are more likely to graduate from high school, go on to college, stay in college and have higher earnings in early adulthood.

About the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools is the leading national nonprofit organization committed to advancing the public charter school movement. Our mission is to lead public education to unprecedented levels of academic achievement by fostering a strong charter sector. For more information, please visit www.publiccharters.org

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