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Tag: Rocketship Charter Schools

Rocketship Plans for Southeast DC

July 24, 2014 vspatz

Rocketship Education (RSED.org) is taking steps toward a $23 million development in the Southeast sector of Washington, DC: We’re incredibly excited about the facility for

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Rocketship Background: Facts for DC and Beyond

May 23, 2014 vspatz

Rocketship, a growing national chain of charter schools, hopes to open eight schools in Washington, DC, serving up to 5200 students. The Public Charter School

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DC Charters and Public School Resources

May 22, 2014 vspatz

Scott Pearson, director of the DC Public Charter School Board, joined the Education Town Hall May 22. He introduced newly approved DC charter schools —

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Targeted Philanthropy and the New Focus on “Competency” Graduation Requirements

February 1, 2013 vspatz

Money is a big force in educational decision-making. So is talk about money: Educators make all sorts of decisions based on financial issues. Public schools

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Clarification: “Financial Interest” in Blended Learning Research Findings

January 30, 2013 vspatz

Don’t Confuse Innosight Institute with Profit-Making Cousins Reaction to a recent Education Town Hall post suggests clarification of the phrase “financial interest in the findings.”

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Will DC Help Make Rocketship More Profitable?

January 11, 2013 vspatz

Opening eight hybrid — computerated instruction combined with traditional classrooms — charter schools is part of a plan to make Rocketship more profitable. Is it

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