Charter school management organization

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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.

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.

Largest charter management organizations, 2011-2012
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.

Largest education management organizations, 2011-2012
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"