Charter Schools USA


Charter Schools USA is a for-profit education management organization in the United States. Charter Schools USA is the operator of seventy charter schools in seven states including fifty-seven charter schools in Florida. In 2015, Charter Schools USA managed charter schools enrolling 48,407 students on a vendor operated school basis..
CSUSA management-run schools are tuition-free to the parent. Student must wear uniforms and parental involvement is required. Teachers are paid for performance and teach a standard curriculum that includes music, art, sciences and customary classes. Charter Schools USA manages every aspect of the program from marketing for new students, teacher recruitment, curriculum development, equipment and book ordering to financial management and oversight.

History

AdvancEd awarded CSUSA the first Southern Association of Colleges and Schools district accreditation for an education management company. The company’s founder, Jonathan Hage, CEO of CSUSA, was selected as Floridian of the year by Florida Trend magazine in its January 2013 issue.
CSUSA shares its headquarters address with Florida Charter Educational Foundation, the holder of the charter for six of CSUSA's schools.

Florida

Indianapolis

CSUSA was nominated by the state to turn over three failing schools in Indianapolis. a first-in-the-nation type project. The three schools Thomas Carr Howe Community High School, Emmerich Manual High School, and Emma Donnan Middle School. The schools are now given over on a performance contract, which grants the operator, Charter Schools USA, four years to improve.
The turnaround process was first put into motion by a 1999 law, which said schools with student standardized test scores in the lowest category for five straight years could face intervention from the State Board of Education.

Louisiana