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The term '''charter school management organization''' refers to an organization that operates multiple charter schools under a common vision. Charter schools contract with these organizations to provide education services in a number of different areas, from transportation, to the curriculum, to the hiring of staff. There are two types of charter school management organizations: nonprofit and for-profit. Nonprofit institutions are typically referred to as "charter management organizations" ('''CMOs'''), while their for-profit counterparts are called "education management organizations" ('''EMOs'''). The [[National Education Policy Center]] has identified 97 EMOs and 201 CMOs that were operating as of the 2011-2012 school year, although the center's definition deviates slightly from that given here to include organizations that operate only one school.<ref>[http://www.charterschoolcenter.org/priority-area/charter-management-organizations ''National Charter School Resource Center,'' "Charter Management Organizations," accessed November 10, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/~/media/publications/PDFs/Education/CMO_Final_updated.pdf ''Mathematica Policy Research,'' "Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts," accessed November 10, 2014]</ref><ref name=NEPC>[http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/EMO-profiles-11-12 ''National Education Policy Center,'' "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition," accessed November 10, 2014]</ref> | The term '''charter school management organization''' refers to an organization that operates multiple charter schools under a common vision. Charter schools contract with these organizations to provide education services in a number of different areas, from transportation, to the curriculum, to the hiring of staff. There are two types of charter school management organizations: nonprofit and for-profit. Nonprofit institutions are typically referred to as "charter management organizations" ('''CMOs'''), while their for-profit counterparts are called "education management organizations" ('''EMOs'''). The [[National Education Policy Center]] has identified 97 EMOs and 201 CMOs that were operating as of the 2011-2012 school year, although the center's definition deviates slightly from that given here to include organizations that operate only one school.<ref>[http://www.charterschoolcenter.org/priority-area/charter-management-organizations ''National Charter School Resource Center,'' "Charter Management Organizations," accessed November 10, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/~/media/publications/PDFs/Education/CMO_Final_updated.pdf ''Mathematica Policy Research,'' "Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts," accessed November 10, 2014]</ref><ref name=NEPC>[http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/EMO-profiles-11-12 ''National Education Policy Center,'' "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition," accessed November 10, 2014]</ref> | ||
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The term charter school management organization refers to an organization that operates multiple charter schools under a common vision. Charter schools contract with these organizations to provide education services in a number of different areas, from transportation, to the curriculum, to the hiring of staff. There are two types of charter school management organizations: nonprofit and for-profit. Nonprofit institutions are typically referred to as "charter management organizations" (CMOs), while their for-profit counterparts are called "education management organizations" (EMOs). The National Education Policy Center has identified 97 EMOs and 201 CMOs that were operating as of the 2011-2012 school year, although the center's definition deviates slightly from that given here to include organizations that operate only one school.[1][2][3]
Charter management organizations
Listed in the table below are the ten largest charter management organizations, ordered according to the number of schools operated in the 2011-2012 school year.[3]
| Largest charter management organizations, 2011-2012 | ||||||||
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| Rank | Organization | Number of schools | ||||||
| 1 | KIPP Foundation | 98 | ||||||
| 2 | Cosmos Foundation Inc. | 47 | ||||||
| 3 | Responsive Education Solutions | 36 | ||||||
| 4 | Aspire Public Schools | 30 | ||||||
| 5 | Summit Academy Management | 26 | ||||||
| 6 | Concept Schools | 26 | ||||||
| 7 | Uplift Education | 22 | ||||||
| 8 | IDEA Public Schools | 19 | ||||||
| 9 | Uncommon Schools | 18 | ||||||
| 10 | UNO Charter School Network | 18 | ||||||
| Source: National Education Policy Center, "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition," accessed November 10, 2014 | ||||||||
Education management organization
Listed in the table below are the ten largest education management organizations, ordered according to the number of schools operated in the 2011-2012 school year.[3]
| Largest education management organizations, 2011-2012 | ||||||||
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| Rank | Organization | Number of schools | ||||||
| 1 | Imagine Schools, Inc. | 89 | ||||||
| 2 | Academica | 76 | ||||||
| 3 | The Leona Group, LLC | 68 | ||||||
| 4 | National Heritage Academies | 68 | ||||||
| 5 | White Hat Management | 45 | ||||||
| 6 | K12, Inc. | 44 | ||||||
| 7 | Edison Learning, Inc. | 37 | ||||||
| 8 | Mosaica Education, Inc. | 33 | ||||||
| 9 | Charter Schools USA | 26 | ||||||
| 10 | Constellation Schools, LLC | 21 | ||||||
| Source: National Education Policy Center, "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition," accessed November 10, 2014 | ||||||||
See also
- National Education Policy Center
- Charter schools
- KIPP Foundation
External links
- National Education Policy Center, "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition"
- Mathematica Policy Research, "Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts"
Footnotes
- ↑ National Charter School Resource Center, "Charter Management Organizations," accessed November 10, 2014
- ↑ Mathematica Policy Research, "Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts," accessed November 10, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 National Education Policy Center, "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition," accessed November 10, 2014
