Ep 27: Bridging the charter school facilities gap with the National Alliance's Mark Medema

Summary: This week, Ryan sits down with Mark Medema, the Managing Director of the Charter School Facility Center for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Ryan talks to Mark about strategies for charter schools to overcome the "facilities gap" that makes it more difficult for charters to procure suitable facilities relative to their traditional public school counterparts. Mark also discusses some welcome policy developments throughout the country that have helped address this gap. Mark will be presenting a session about facilities at the National Charter Schools Conference in Las Vegas from June 30th to July 3rd. Find out more and sign up by visiting ncsc.publiccharters.org.<br><br>Host: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair)