JULY 2023 | “Such huge funding discrepancies are a real drag on charter performance. We know this from our own experience in Ohio. Consider the United Schools Network, a cluster of high-poverty schools in Columbus that our sister organization, the Fordham Foundation, authorizes. Launched by Andy Boy, a Building Excellent Schools fellow, the network has […]”
JULY 2023 | “The legislation makes historic strides in K–12 education, most notably through strengthened educational choice programs, an overhaul of the state’s school governance framework, and requirements that schools adopt scientifically based reading practices.”
JUNE 2023 | In the wake of the governor's draft budget, The Dispatch released two op-eds regarding charter school funding. We took issue with the content of "Disingenuous charter school industry leaving kids in lurch, taking our money."
JUNE 2023 | “Charter schools have evolved over the course of two decades, and their students now show greater academic gains than their peers in traditional public schools, according to a new report from a group of researchers who have studied the evolution of charters since 2000.”
MARCH 2023 | “[…] new book written by John A. Dues, Chief Learning Officer of the United Schools Network in Columbus […] offers real-world improvement strategies to education leaders. It equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to harness the power of the System of Profound Knowledge to improve the performance of schools, systems, students, and teachers.”
MARCH 2020 | “For seven years I’ve been at United Schools Network in Columbus. For the past two years I’ve had the pleasure of teaching 28 scholars every day. That’s right, scholars. I use this term because it suggests they are more than just students.”
APRIL 2019 | “Andrew is the Founder & CEO of United Schools Network, which started with just 57 students and one school. The organization has now grown to over 850 students, and their goal is to provide an excellent education to students that normally lack these opportunities so that they can be prepared for college and life beyond.”
MARCH 2018 | COLUMBUS, Ohio — Middle school students in Franklinton will soon have the opportunity to learn how to create comic books when Columbus College of Art & Design launches a new program designed to bring art and design educational experiences to underserved youth.
MAY 2017 | In order for schools such as USN to continue to grow to meet the needs of students in some of Columbus’ most impoverished neighborhoods — and for excellent charters in other Ohio cities to do the same — state lawmakers must extend the competitive facilities program.
Columbus, Ohio – After a dozen years of instructional and building leadership, USN Chief Learning Officer John A. Dues began considering how to spread USN’s nationally-recognized student achievement results outside the walls of USN’s buildings. By moving beyond educational delivery and organizing the nonprofit network’s best practices into clear, practical elements, could other schools replicate this success?
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