Charter school management organization

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## Contents

* 1 Charter management organizations
* 2 Education management organization
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

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.[1][2][3]

## Charter management organizations[edit]

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.[3]

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[edit]

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.[3]

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[edit]

* National Education Policy Center
* Charter schools
* KIPP Foundation

## External links[edit]

* 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"

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ National Charter School Resource Center, "Charter Management Organizations," accessed November 10, 2014
2. ↑ Mathematica Policy Research, "Charter-School Management Organizations: Diverse Strategies and Diverse Student Impacts," accessed November 10, 2014
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 National Education Policy Center, "Profiles of For-Profit and Nonprofit Education Management Organizations: Fourteenth Edition," accessed November 10, 2014