Green Charter Schools Network

Tennessee’s First Environmental Public Charter School

Ivy Academy

July 26, 2010

Ivy Academy , Tennessee’s first environmental public charter high school located in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., welcomes Ed Davis, who will serve as director of the charter school.   Davis served in the U.S. Navy for 24 . . . read more

Sustainability Depends on Schools and Local Efforts, Says Jayni Chase

Early Bird Deadline to Hear Chase Speak is July 31

July 14, 2010

Jayni Chase recognizes that her husband, Chevy, is a valuable asset in her mission to develop greener citizens through changes in schools and education. His celebrity has given her a national platform, a bounty of social capital and . . . read more

If We're Going to Make a Difference, We Have to Team Up

Deseret News

June 15, 2010

"Greening our schools is one of the best things we can do to secure a good future for our children," said Jim McGrath, president of the Green Charter Schools Network."None of these wonderful, comprehensive green schools are connected. They're . . . read more

Water is Life: Images for Our Times

Student Art Reveals Truth About Gulf Oil Spill

June 8, 2010

The video and photo images from the Gulf of Mexico that show billowing clouds of oil still pouring from a deepwater well--the largest oil spill in the history of the United States--only tell part of this horrifying environmental story. . . . read more

Rydberg Leaving River Crossing

Charter Schools Share Lessons with All Schools

May 19, 2010

Victoria Rydberg will leave River Crossing Environmental Charter School to become the environmental education consultant for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, helping foster environmentally based education at school districts . . . read more

Are You Unleashing an Army of Savvy Green Change-agents on the World?

May 11, 2010

Students in green charter schools "are problem solvers and critical thinkers who can work with other people," remarked Jim McGrath, president of the Green Charter Schools Network, in a recent interview with the Mother Nature Network (MNN) . . . . read more

Academy for Global Citizenship is Finalist

April 29, 2010

The Academy for Global Citizenship , a green charter school in Chicago, is one of five finalists in a competition to win an Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard to help educate the next generation about being green. Teachers, faculty, and . . . read more

DC School Board Approves Bilingual, Green Charter School

April 29, 2010

The Washington, D.C., Public Charter School Board announced on Earth Day that it supports the creation of a new school, Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School, to teach young children in the nation’s capitol the core principles of . . . read more

It's Your Turn to Shine a Spotlight on the Work of Green Charter Schools!

Tell President Obama What You Think Today!

April 9, 2010

The White House and the Department of Education chose Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, Calif. as one of only six high schools in the United States selected as finalists for the first annual Race to the Top High School . . . read more

Green Charter School Honored by EPA

March 30, 2010

Principal Diana Pearson and Facilities Manager Lynn Landre, two leaders from Dimensions of Learning Academy  in Kenosha, Wis., explained green charter schools make practical and ordinary the connections among environmental stewardship, . . . read more

Green My Parents:
A Social Media Movement

March 25, 2010

Tom Feegel's forthcoming book, GreenMyParents, which is due out on Earth Day this year, and the GreenMyParents YOUth social media movement can be outstanding resources for every parent, educator and student across America, according to Jim . . . read more

Norwell School Ranked Among Greenest

Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

March 22, 2010

Norwell, Mass., charter school placed among the top 10 schools nationwide in the America’s Greenest Schools competition. read more

Congress Preparing to Reauthorize Key Legislation

Green Charter School Leaders Make Your Voice Heard!

March 1, 2010

Environmental and outdoor education as well as charter schools are key topics highlighted separately but, also, simultaneously on the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Web site as Congress prepares to reauthorize the Elementary . . . read more

Eulogy for a Tree: Boxelder Remembered as More than a Noxious Weed

Monches Farm News

March 1, 2010

If a tree could be said to have a spirit, this one did . Dozens of times a day we would be asked “What type of tree is this?” People were usually shocked at the answer: Boxelder (Acer negundo). Often considered a “weed tree," in fact . . . read more

Green Charter Schools
Are National Models

First Lady Wants to End Plague of Childhood Obesity

February 9, 2010

First Lady Michelle Obama announced Feb. 9, 2010 , that she wants to end the American plague of childhood obesity in a single generation. Green charter schools are uniquely positioned to lead the nation in providing models of all four . . . read more

Green Education Starts Young

The Wisconsin Builder

February 1, 2010

Green charter school in Wisconsin may focus on the environment, conservation and sustainability, but to call the students and teachers tree-huggers would be missing the point. read more

Growing charter school teaches with culture, language

Minnesota Public Radio, MPR News Q

January 27, 2010

It's a charter school designed around community, culture and language . The school Web site hosts video language tutorials produced by third-graders. read more

Getting schools not just to go green but teach It, too

VOA.com Special English broadcast

January 20, 2010

The Green Charter Schools Network in the U.S. seeks to produce young ''change agents'' to protect natural resources.  read more

Year-round charter middle school is proposed for Madison's South Side

Wisconsin State Journal

January 13, 2010

A year-round "agro-urban" school   read more

Environmental academy seeks charter renewal

appeal-democrat.com (Marysville, CA)