Celebrating State Charter School Legislative Success in 2021
Across the country, 2021 has proven to be a great year for getting positive charter school bills as well as for stopping or mitigating negative charter school bills.
Todd Ziebarth is the senior vice president for state advocacy and support for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. In this role, he leads the National Alliance’s work to improve state charter school laws. Todd has helped numerous states enact laws to better support high-quality public charter schools. He has also authored many national- and state-level research and policy publications related to key charter school issues. Previously, he worked as a policy analyst both at the Education Commission of the States from 1997 to 2003 and at Augenblick, Palaich, and Associates from 2003 to 2005. He has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western Michigan University, a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Colorado at Denver, and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Colorado at Denver. In a past life (before he had children), Todd ran marathons and hiked 14ers for fun. These days, he spends most of his free time playing with his kids.
Blog posts by Todd Ziebarth
Positive and Negative Charter School Legislation in the States in 2021
As several state legislative sessions come to a close, we continue to see solid progress in enacting positive charter school legislation across the country and some troubling news as well.
Strengthening State Charter School Laws in the Wake of COVID-19
As state legislative sessions are in full swing across the country, the National Alliance is working hard to ensure that charter school laws are strengthened in several states.
