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The 2016-2017 Ohio State Report Card was released on September 14. Here are some of the OCCS sponsored school highlights…

After consultation with the University of Toledo (UT) and the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio Council of Community Schools (OCCS) informed UT t…

New research from The 74 Million finds that public charter school students are graduating from college at three to five times the national average for…

Ohio Connections Academy is a free, fully-online public charter school that students in grades K-12 attend from home. OCA was recently ranked the nati…

Former Ohio Connections Academy student, Alex LeViness, reaches out to OCA to express her gratitude for online learning in a personal letter. At one p…

Cristo Rey, a private Catholic high school that started four years ago in Downtown Columbus teaches exclusively low-income students. This is its first…

Ohio's Sunshine Law has very specific parameters that charter school boards must follow both in their meetings and in the documents related to their w…

Every year, National Charter Schools Week gives us the chance to raise awareness about our amazing schools. Join us for a rally at the Ohio Statehouse…

Ohio Council of Community Schools and the Toledo Walleye will launch the Walleye Street Hockey program beginning in January 2017. The street hockey pr…

Ohio families can now get the latest education news, search for schools in their neighborhoods and look at their schools’ report cards right from thei…

Are you worried your children won’t be exercising their brains over winter break? BrainFreeze packets help keep kids engaged with reading, writing, ma…

Mr. Gatto has been the principal of the Arts and College Preparatory Academy, located in Columbus, since 2010. ACPA serves over 300 9th-12th graders a…