District and School Flexibility
The District and School Flexibility Partnership studies issues specific to Georgia on improving student outcomes in local education agencies with a Strategic Waivers School System (SWSS) contract.
The goal of the partnership is to learn how SWSS and charter systems have implemented the waiver initiative and what flexibilities are associated with student performance gains over time for both types of systems.
- Francesca Black
Division Attorney, District Flexibility and Charter Schools
Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) - Caitlyn Dooley
Deputy Superintendent - Louis Erste
Associate Superintendent, Policy, Charter Schools, District Flexibility, and Governmental Affairs
GaDOE - Howard Hendley, Ed.D.
Director of Policy
GaDOE - Stephanie Johnson
Director, School Improvement
GaDOE - Allen Mueller
Director, Office of Charter Schools
GaDOE - Kerry Pritchard
Accountability Manager, Office of Charter Schools
GaDOE - Robert Swiggum
Chief Information Officer
GaDOE
Contact
Beth Howard-Brown oversees the District and School Flexibility Support Alliance. Dr. Howard-Brown also directs the Southeast Comprehensive Center, which supports states and local education agencies in addressing the Every Student Succeeds Act in the areas of school improvement, the use of evidence-based research, professional development, educator effectiveness, and instructional strategies for specific populations.