Responsive Education Solutions Explained

Responsive Education Solutions, Inc.
Tax Id:	75-2748762
Headquarters:	Lewisville, Texas
Services:	charter management organization
Owners:	-->
Revenue:	$142,618,209
Revenue Year:	2015^[1]

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

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

Operations

Responsive Ed operates campuses in the states of Texas and Arkansas. Responsive Ed previously operated campuses in Indiana but as of January 2016 no longer does so.

Responsive Ed operates schools under the following names:

• Founders Classical Academy
• Ignite Community School
• iSchool Virtual Academy
• Premier High School
• Quest Collegiate Academy

Controversy

Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times wrote that the Walton Foundation had given "significant support" to Responsive Ed.^[4]

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."^[5]

References

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Notes and References

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