Amethod Public Schools
In 2004 Jorge Lopez took control of the school. At the time its Academic Performance Index (API) was 650. Lopez received guidance from Ben Chavis, head of the American Indian Model Schools, and established a system similar to the system of American Indian Public Charter School at Oakland Charter Academy. In late September 2007 the Oakland Charter Academy became the second public school in Oakland to win the National Blue Ribbon award. Oakland Charter High School opened in 2007.
David E. Osborne
Off and on since 1990, Osborne has served as a senior fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) in Washington, D.C. In late 2014, Osborne was appointed director of a PPI project on Reinventing America’s Schools, which focuses on reforming the public school system to treat every public school like a charter school. The project is financially supported by the Walton Family Foundation, the Broad Foundation, and the Arnold Foundation.
As director of this project, Osborne authors reports and articles about education reform and hosts conferences and forums. His writing on education for PPI is available at the Progressive Policy Institute’s website, www.progressivepolicy.org, and at his blog at U.S. News. On Sept. 5, 2017, his book on education reform -- "Reinventing America's Schools: Creating a 21st Century Education System --" will be published by Bloomsbury Publishing.