What Does Charter School Leadership Look Like? Focused on the specific issues faced by charter school leaders, investors, underwriters, philanthropists, advisors, and policy analysts as they navigate public markets and political changes, the podcast is a must-listen for charter school industry participants, and anyone looking at high-yield investing.
Created by School Improvement Partnership, and sponsored by HJ Sims Education Finance.
On this episode of “What Charter School Leadership Looks Like, "you will meet ShaVon Savage. ShaVon’s experience spans 25 years in PreK-20 education as a teacher, principal, district administrator, and an education attorney. She is also an entrepreneur who founded Mosaic School Supports, which builds equitable, high-performing learning ecosystems and advises the administrators and entrepreneurs who lead them.
ShaVon explains her situational leadership style and why she believes high expectations are nonnegotiable. Alan and ShaVon also recount that one teacher who made a huge impact on their journeys. It’s a fascinating conversation you probably listen to more than once!
https://www.mosaicschoolsupports.com/
https://schoolimprovementpartnership.net/
17 Jun 2026
Vulnerability and Credit Pressure for California's Charter School Sector: A Conversation with Fitch Ratings' Akiko Mitsui
California school districts with high charter school penetration and/or large immigrant populations are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to credit pressures. On this month's Charter School Investor podcast, "What Charter School Leadership Looks Like," School Improvement Partnership’s CEO Alan Wohlstetter talks with Fitch Ratings’ U.S. Director of Public Finance Akiko Mitsui. Akiko will tell us what is happening in California’s charter sector and share Fitch's analysis and findings from a report Fitch recently published. She also shares details about Fitch Ratings’ bond rating criteria update, including the introduction of two new rating factors you should know about.
Alan Wohlstetter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-wohlstetter-279a00aa/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-wohlstetter-279a00aa/)SIP on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-improvement-partnership/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/school-improvement-partnership/)
Akiko Mitsui on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/akikomitsui (https://www.linkedin.com/in/akikomitsui/)Read Akiko's full report: https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/charter-immigrant-exposures-amplify-pressures-on-ca-school-districts-24-02-2026 (https://www.fitchratings.com/research/us-public-finance/charter-immigrant-exposures-amplify-pressures-on-ca-school-districts-24-02-2026)
31 Mar 2026
Stable or Unbalanced? Charter School Market Update!
On this month's Charter School Investor podcast "What Charter School Leadership Looks Like," School Improvement Partnership’s CEO Alan Wohlstetter talks with HilltopSecurities’ Senior Managing Director and Head of Municipal Credit, Yaffa Rattner. Yaffa recently published Hilltop’s important Charter School Market Update. Yaffa walks us through her report, addressing bond volume, the impact of demographictrends, state credit enhancements and why Hilltop revised its outlook from “stable” to unbalanced. In short, important information that charter school investors and other stakeholders will not want to miss!
https://schoolimprovementpartnership.net/
https://www.hilltopsecurities.com/people/yaffa-rattner/
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