National Heritage Academies

National Heritage Academies, Inc.
IndustryEducation management organization
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
HeadquartersGrand Rapids, Michigan
Websitewww.nhaschools.com/en

National Heritage Academies, Inc. (NHA) is a for-profit education management organization headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1] As of the 2019-20 school year, NHA operates 88 charter schools in nine states: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. NHA is the largest charter school operator in Michigan and one of the largest charter school operators in the United States.[2] NHA schools are prominent among charter institutions for employing the brick and mortar or traditional school concept.[3] It has been accused of profiting from tax-payers money and is in the process of selling over two-thirds of its schools, financed by taxes to a new corporation which will become its real estate arm.[4]

  1. ^ "Home page". National Heritage Academies. Retrieved 2011-11-27. Find Us 3850 Broadmoor Ave SE, Suite 201 Grand Rapids, MI 49512
  2. ^ "Public money for schools buys private property" (Archive). Detroit Free Press. December 14, 2014. Retrieved on September 1, 2015.
  3. ^ "The Peninsula - University of Michigan study finds NHA charter school organization delivering substantial student gains". The Peninsula. 2018-04-09. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  4. ^ Strauss, Valerie (14 September 2021). "Perspective | Charter schools are publicly funded — but there's big money in selling them". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 November 2021.