Don Shalvey
Don is a Deputy Director for the College Ready team and responsible for State, District & Networks. Prior to joining the foundation, Don was the founder and CEO of Aspire Public Schools and has spent the past 40 years in public education where he is widely recognized as a leader in public school reform and the charter school movement.
Posts By Don Shalvey
February 12, 2013 / Don Shalvey
A central point of the findings: academic performance is a leading indicator of charter school financial strength. High-performing charter schools also tend to be financially stable.
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November 18, 2011 / Don Shalvey
Free from many of the bureaucracies and structures in district-managed schools, charters are able to try new things—and are held accountable for results.
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November 16, 2011 / Don Shalvey
Most people who are at all familiar with charter schools–public schools that are operated independent of the school district–know their performance is uneven.
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