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National Heritage Academies, Inc. (NHA) is a for-profit charter school management organization headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan.〔(Home page ). National Heritage Academies. Retrieved on November 27, 2011. "Find Us 3850 Broadmoor Ave SE, Suite 201 Grand Rapids, MI 49512"〕 It was formed in 1995 by entrepreneur J. C. Huizenga. NHA schools use the NWEA test as a measure of student performance. As of the 2015-16 school year, NHA operates 81 charter schools in nine states: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York, North Carolina, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, and Wisconsin. As charter schools, NHA schools are publicly funded schools and charge no tuition. They are authorized by state-approved institutions such as universities and school boards, and therefore have no geographic boundaries. The schools focus on college preparedness and serve students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, (depending on the school). It is the largest charter school operator in Michigan and one of the largest fill service charter school operators in the United States.〔"(Public money for schools buys private property )" ((Archive )). ''Detroit Free Press''. December 14, 2014. Retrieved on September 1, 2015.〕 ==Operations== National Heritage Academies' stated objectives are: NHA partners with local boards to build and operate charter public schools that serve students in grades K-8.〔http://www.nhaschools.com/About-Us/Pages/At-a-Glance.aspx〕 The company takes ownership of most of the school buildings and the equipment inside them, even if they had been procured with funds from taxpayers. NHA makes funds by charging rent to the schools after NHA paid for renovations and/or constructions of schools, and public money is used to pay the rent. The NHA usually does not lower the rents even after the debts acquired by NHA for that particular property had been paid. Jennifer Dixon of ''Detroit Free Press'' stated that the fact that NHA owns the school buildings and could take them away gives it a lot of leverage when dealing with school districts.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Heritage Academies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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