Walker Charter Academy

Walker Charter Academy is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporate entity that provides educational services. Through federal grants, the academy supports programs related to Title I assistance for disadvantaged students, professional teacher development, school improvement initiatives, child nutrition, and COVID-19 relief funding for local education agencies.

The federal grants Walker Charter Academy has received act as subawards under prime awards to state agencies like the Michigan Department of Education. These grants have allowed the academy to provide services related to supplemental instruction, educator training, upgrading school facilities and programs, subsidizing meal programs, and mitigating the impact of the pandemic on learning. Major federal grant programs facilitating subawards to Walker Charter Academy include Title I Part A for improving academic achievement, Title II Part A for teacher/principal training, Title I Part C for migratory children, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, and Child Nutrition cluster awards such as the National School Lunch Program. The academy's work through these grants entails direct student instruction, implementation of teacher professional development and partnership initiatives, upgrades to educational programming and infrastructure, and administration of nutrition programs.