#51 Choice Charter School | Dr. Cynthia Knight

In this episode of the Charter School Connection Podcast, Dallan speaks with Dr. Cynthia Knight from Choice Charter School. Choice Charter School is an online charter school in Iowa and they discuss what makes Choice Charter School Unique. Dr. Knight shares her 14 year journey in the education industry that has ultimately brought her to opening Choice Charter School. Dr. Knight is passionate about helping children and giving all children, no matter the challenges they face, a school to attend. She opened Choice Charter School in 2021 as one of the first charter schools in Iowa that was created as a school instead of working as a partner school. Dr. Knight shares how Choice Charter Schools has grown from 80 students when they first opened to now over 325 students. She also speaks about what makes their charter school stand out from other charter schools. Including being the first charter school in the nation to introduce Charterverse, tune into the episode to learn what this is! Dr. Knight discusses some challenges they faced when starting up the school as well as some advice for anyone looking to open a charter school, or that has recently opened a charter school. To conclude, Dr. Knight shares some resources that have shaped her, these are included in the show notes. Dr. Knight wants to remind everyone that each and every child deserves to be loved and we will be amazed at all they can accomplish. Show Notes: Choice Charter School https://choicecharterschool.org/ Brené Brown https://brenebrown.com/ National Charter School Conference https://publiccharters.org/conference/