Christopher Mahoney
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Christopher Mahoney is director of the San Carlos Charter Learning Center, California’s founding public charter school and one of the two longest-serving charter schools in America. The San Carlos Charter Learning Center serves children in kindergarten through eighth grade and is located in San Carlos, Calif. The school has set as its mission developing students into considerate, thoughtful, ethical, and engaged citizens.

Prior to joining the San Carlos Charter Learning Center, Mahoney was chief of Mahoney & Associates, an educational consulting practice that tutored children with learning differences, conducted psychoeducational test interpretation, advocated for special education children and provided other educational advising services. His career in education has spanned more than 15 years, including director and teaching positions in schools throughout the United States and in Belgium and Kuwait. Mahoney, a licensed principal in California and Massachusetts, received a master of education from the University of Massachusetts.

Blog Entries by Christopher Mahoney

Kids to California Lawmakers: Spend a Day in a Public School

Posted April 12, 2010 | 16:22:16 (EST)

It is now the Dark Ages for California public schools. While some wealthy districts in the state can choose to spend close to $23,000 per child, the majority of those relying on state funding are limited to a paltry $5,000 per-child allotment. And so in most places, classrooms are overflowing,...

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Kids to California Lawmakers: Spend a Day in a Public School

Posted April 12, 2010 | 15:20:16 (EST)

It is now the Dark Ages for California public schools. While some wealthy districts in the state can choose to spend close to $23,000 per child, the majority of those relying on state funding are limited to a paltry $5,000 per-child allotment. And so in most places, classrooms are...

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California's Third-World Public Schools Threaten All of Us

Posted April 23, 2009 | 14:45:00 (EST)

Shin splints throbbing and so sweat-soaked I could have been swimming instead of jogging, I've just finished another training run. When I resumed jogging after a several-year lapse, I didn't realize it would be so humbling. But it's get back in shape by mid-May or watch passively as California's public...

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