Florida-based Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) is one of the largest for-profit education management organizations (EMO) in the nation, currently managing 91 charter schools in five states.
Before founding CSUSA, Jonathan Hage was the director of research for Jeb Bush's Foundation for Florida’s Future, an education reform center that promotes accountability and school choice. After Florida's charter school law was passed in 1996, Hage spent a year advising potential charter school operators before launching CSUSA with his wife, Sherry Hage, in 1997.