Responsive Education Solutions

Responsive Education Solutions, Inc. (Responsive Ed) is a non-profit charter management organization headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Responsive Education Solutions, Inc.
FormationMarch 1999 (1999-03)[1]
75-2748762
HeadquartersLewisville, Texas
Servicescharter management organization
Revenue (2015[1])
$142,618,209
Websiteresponsiveed.com

Responsive Ed was established in 1998.[2] In 2015, Responsive Ed schools had enrolled 9,208 students.[3]: 90 

Operations

As of January 2016 Responsive Ed operates seventy campuses in the states of Texas and Arkansas and serves over 17,000 students. Responsive Ed previously operated campuses in Indiana but as of January 2016 no longer does so.

Responsive Ed operates schools under the following names:

  • Premier High School—operating individualized self-paced curricula for high school students[4]
  • Classical Academies—operating full-grade schools using classical education (including teaching of Latin) (as of 2018 ResponsiveEd is converting these schools to Founders Classical Academies)
  • Founders Classical Academies—similar to Classical Academies; curriculum is designed in coordination with Hillsdale College[5]

Controversy

Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times wrote that the Walton Foundation had given "significant support" to Responsive Ed.[6]

In 2014 Zack Kopplin of Slate used an Open Records Request to obtain Responsive Ed's biology workbooks. According to Kopplin, the books "overtly and underhandedly discredit evidence-based science and allow creationism into public-school classrooms."[7]

References
  1. "RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS Form 990 2015". ProPublica. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. "A CHARTER PROPOSAL BY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS, INC." (Archive) City of Indianapolis. Retrieved on February 5, 2014.
  3. Woodworth, James L (2017). "Charter Management Organizations 2017" (PDF). Center for Research on Education Outcomes. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. http://premierhighschools.com/academics/our-program/
  5. "HOME".
  6. Brantley, Max. "Arkansas charter school operator teaching creationism in Texas." Arkansas Times. Thursday January 16, 2014. Retrieved on February 5, 2014.
  7. Kopplin, Zack. "Texas Public Schools Are Teaching Creationism." Slate. January 16, 2014. Retrieved on February 5, 2014.

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