21. PPI: The Rugged Frontier: A Decade Of Charter Schooling In Arizona By Bryan C. H Not so in Arizona. The state can have as many charter schools as charteringauthorities are Many arizona charter schools are performing very well. http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=110&subsecid=134&contentid=252675

22. Arizona Charter Schools arizona charter schools. In addition to its current strategy of partnership withdistricts, the foundation also partners with two K8 charter schools in the http://www.ballfoundation.org/ei/work/arizona.html

Arizona Charter Schools In addition to its current strategy of partnership with districts, the foundation also partners with two K-8 charter schools in the metro Phoenix area of Arizona - Dobson Academy and Hearn Academy . The foundation established both schools in 1998, and today they serve over 900 students. They are now self-sufficient organizations. While the foundation no longer supports them directly, they continue to be part of the foundation family as members of the Partnership Learning Network The schools' mission is to provide quality education where children are the priority, focusing on student achievement and parent satisfaction. The schools foster partnerships among parents, staff, children, and the community to promote academic excellence through an extended, 200-day school year, a focus on early literacy, and a comprehensive educational foundation built on basic skills. The schools' major strategies are: Shared decision making - Dobson and Hearn have adopted the Ball Foundation's School Design Collaborative (SDC). SDC facilitates shared decision making among all school stakeholders, including parents, teachers, administrators, staff, and students for the purpose of increasing student achievement and parent satisfaction.

23. CharterData Customized database applications for arizona charter schools, complete studentinformation managment systems. http://www.charterdata.com/charterdata/

Click here for a free Demo and Information. Price Guarantee We will not be undersold! Keep your Arizona dollars in Arizona! Ask for references to other schools using Estudiante Checkout our Ad Hoc Report Wizard Estudiante Student Tracking System CharterData is proud to offer iEstudiante! , a student tracking system created specifically for Arizona Charter Schools. iEstudiante! was designed in Arizona by Drofware Associates and a charter school administrator. It has successfully been used in the charter school environment for two years now , with all users having the opportunity to give input and feedback during the development process. The end result is a clean, streamlined database that performs well, maintains its integrity and is very user friendly. iEstudiante!

24. Arizona Charter Schools: Serving Parents Through Results, Not Red Tape arizona charter schools Serving Parents through Results, Not Red Tape. http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article2752.html

We are the only site on the web devoted exclusively to intellectual conservatism. We find the most intriguing information and bring it together on one page for you. Home Articles Headlines Links we recommend ... Submissions Arizona Charter Schools: Serving Parents through Results, Not Red Tape by Robert Marano, Ph.D., The Goldwater Institute 12 October 2003 Research shows that children learn more in Arizona charter schools than children in public schools, and outperform them on tests, yet critics prefer the charter school systems favored by Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York, which require thousands of dollars to pad the pockets of politicians, lawyers, and consultants. The Arizona State Charter Board has come under fire. The Arizona Republic recently published two stories claiming that the charter board, which has authorized about three-quarters of Arizona's nearly 500 charter schools, needs more oversight. Yet neither story cited any evidence that more paperwork will improve the quality of new charter schools. It was reported that the board focuses on the academic substance of school proposals, rather than their financial and construction plans. Indeed, in some cases the board approved schools not ready to open. But does that mean the charter board is failing to protect parents from unscrupulous or incompetent charter operators?

25. Some State Charter Schools Lagging Behind Traditional Schools In AIMS Scores Some arizona charter schools had more kids passing AIMS than traditional schools,while other charter schools lagged far behind. http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3599464&nav=HMO6cFmb

26. PROPOSITION 105 The arizona charter schools Association. Debra Slagle, President, Arizona CharterSchool Association, Phoenix. Cuyler Reid, PresidentElect, Arizona Charter http://www.azsos.gov/election/2004/info/PubPamphlet/Sun_Sounds/english/prop105.h

2004 Ballot Propositions PROPOSITION 105 OFFICIAL TITLE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1022 PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; AMENDING ARTICLE XI, SECTION 3, CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA; RELATING TO EDUCATION. TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring: 1. Article XI, section 3, Constitution of Arizona, is proposed to be amended as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor: State board of education; composition; powers and duties; compensation Section 3. The state board of education shall be composed of the following members: the superintendent of public instruction, the president of a state university or a state college, three FOUR lay members, a member of the state junior college board A PRESIDENT OR CHANCELLOR OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, A PERSON WHO IS AN OWNER OR ADMINISTRATOR OF A CHARTER SCHOOL, a superintendent of a high school district, a classroom teacher and a county school superintendent. Each member, other than the superintendent of public instruction, to SHALL be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate in the manner prescribed by law. The powers, duties, compensation and expenses, and the terms of office, of the board shall be such as may be prescribed by law.

27. KIDS: Charter Schools arizona charter schools Provides information about specific charter schools,charter education in general, legislative information, and has links to other http://www.mesalibrary.org/kids/charterschools.asp

home kids Charter Schools Arizona Charter Schools Provides information about specific charter schools, charter education in general, legislative information, and has links to other sites. Arizona Department of Education Charter Information Approved charter schools list, FAQs, information for teachers and school operators, as well as web links. Great Schools Free online guide to K-12 schools. Arizona and other states. How to contact us: Kids.info@cityofmesa.org Youth Services Mesa Public Library 64 E. 1st Street Mesa, AZ 85201 Home Kids Site Map Privacy Policy ... Contact Us

28. Arizona School Boards Association In its analysis of an arizona charter schools study, the Arizona School Boards The study involved a stratified sample of arizona charter schools and http://www.azsba.org/charter.htm

A CRITIQUE OF THE ARIZONA CHARTER SCHOOLS STUDY by Michael T. Martin Arizona School Boards Association Research Analyst Executive Summary In its analysis of an Arizona Charter Schools study , the Arizona School Boards Association finds that charter schools in Arizona do not out-perform public schools in the educational development of elementary school students. Relying almost exclusively on quotations from the study by Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute, the ASBA report shows that the primary appeal charter schools have for parents is the smaller class sizes that are possible with higher funding received per student by charter schools over that of public schools. The Arizona Department of Education commissioned the Morrison Institute to study Arizona charter schools, and to compare the growth in student achievement scores at charter schools with those same statistics in public schools. The state-mandated SAT 9 test was used to measure student achievement. The Morrison study also used focus groups and parent, student and teacher surveys at charter schools. According to the ASBA report findings, despite a severe bias in the administration of the surveys and focus groups, the study concluded primarily that public schools are overcrowded, while charter schools offer smaller classes with more individual attention per student.

29. NASSMC IB#82-99-Oct: Arizona Charter Schools CATEGORICAL KEYWORD/PHRASE Opinion Editorials SOURCE Washington Post, 11 October1999 (p. A25) TITLE In Arizona, Charter Schools Work http://notes.nassmc.org/nbsfile.nsf/0/cdbde571ee4bcd23852569d0004dbfbe?OpenDocum

30. Charities The 1 title in this subject heading is. School choice in the real world,lessonsfrom arizona charter schools. © 1996 Economic Policy Institute, http://library.epinet.org/epi/catalog/subjects/285.html

Charities The 3 titles in this subject heading are: The patterns of generosity in America,who's holding the safety net? Social change philanthropy in America, Sweet charity?,emergency food and the end of entitlement Economic Policy Institute contact the Economic Policy Institute Library/Information Center Developed by Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd.

31. School Choice In The Real World: Lessons From Arizona Charter Schools - Questia Lessons from arizona charter schools. EDITED BY Robert Maranto Scott MillimanFrederick Hess April Gresham. Westview Press http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=51333300

32. Executive Summary Arizona allows charter developers many choices for getting their school approved . This is not to say that arizona charter schools are problemfree. http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/educat/long_road/main.html

Charter Schools and the Long Road to Education Reform Executive Summary Education reform has been one of the most hotly contested political issues of the 1990s. Law-makers from both parties have found little to agree on and most reforms have yet to yield significant improvements. Charter schools, deregulated schools within the public system, have been a notable exception. While charter schools enjoy bipartisan support in Washington, D.C. and the state capitols, it is a different story on the operational level. Teacher unions and other interest groups opposed to educational choice have marshaled their clout to ward off innovative charter schools. So while charter schools have achieved some key reforms, their main accomplishment may be pointing the way to full choice in education. The Role of Interest Groups While the proposed merger of the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) failed in 1998, state teacher unions remain a powerful force. As a result, innovative charter school laws, which fully remove charters from ineffective public school bureaucracies, have had trouble getting off the ground in many states. According to research conducted by Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby, teacher unions are unlikely to sit by and watch charter schools become a real threat to existing public schools. Hoxby finds that teacher unions enjoy considerable strength, measured by high teacher salaries and low teacher-student ratios, in large urban school districts with little or no competition for enrolling low-income students. It is these poor, urban districts that are in dire need of choice. Charters would be a viable alternative for low-income families, but unions and other anti-choice interest groups have fought their expansion.

33. CorpWatch : Corporations Capitalize On For-Profit Education Many arizona charter schools Run For Profit. States such as Arizona and Michiganwith the mostpermissive charter school laws tend to have the most schools http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=5489

34. Education Arizona is home to nearly one in four charter schools in the United States. In comparison to their public school neighbors arizona charter schools were http://www.zmag.org/ZMag/articles/april99ross.htm

Education Re-segregating Schools By E. Wayne Ross C urrent efforts to reform public education are driven by a fervent desire to improve student test scores. For many states and local school districts the only thing that counts when judging the effectiveness of schools are the scores students produce on standardized tests. In the pursuit of higher test scores, a Long Island, New York school district has instituted a tracking system that unfairly segregates kids and teachers by race. The latest “Amityville horror” was concocted in a secret meeting of the seven-member Amityville school board and the district superintendent last August and implemented in the fall without input from the public or teachers. The tracking scheme sorts elementary and middle school students into low, regular, and high-achievement tracks based on standardized test scores, a practice condemned in a recent report by the National Research Council. In a district where 68 percent of the students are African American, 16 percent Hispanic, and 16 percent white, the “low-skills” classes enroll 91 percent minorities, while the “high-skill” classes enroll only 60 percent African American and Hispanic students. The Amityville tracking system doesn’t stop with students. Although there are eighteen African American teachers in grades affected by the plan, only one African American teacher has been assigned to teach a higher-skills class. In addition, the Amityville scheme denies students in the “low level” track access to instruction in social studies and science, as well as classes in library, band, orchestra, and chorus. The district defended its tracking system by claiming the intent was to increase the districts below-average test scores and that instruction in any area other than reading and math would be a distraction from this goal.

35. Less Government, Not More, Is Key To Academic... [Mackinac Center For Public Po A March 2001 study on arizona charter schools, conducted by the Phoenixbased Arizona has the most charter schools of any state, with more than 450 in http://www.mackinac.org/3786

@import url('/include/css/L2IE-base.css'); Home Mackinac Center Home Advanced Search Media Services ... Why Contribute Posted: Oct. 3, 2001 Advanced Search Ms. Mary F. Gifford Summary A comprehensive new study of Arizona charter schools suggests that proposals to increase government regulation of charter schools in Michigan could stifle, not encourage, student achievement and school accountability. Main text word count: 736 Universal Tuition Tax Credits are the best way to advance school choice. Is the Michigan Education Association helping or hurting schools and students? Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy Six Habits of Fiscally Responsible School Districts ... With Clear Eyes, Sincere Hearts and Open Minds Less Government, Not More, Is Key to Academic Achievement and Accountability Question: What does the state of Michigan call schools with 37, 46, or 48 percent of their students receiving passing composite scores on the MEAP exam? Answer: award-winning schools. That's right: In the last year, three schools received the state's "Golden Apple" or "Blue Ribbon" honors for student achievement, despite the fact that less than one-half of their students earned passing composite scores on the MEAP. This absurdity underscores the folly of relying on the state to provide effective oversight for public schools. It also makes the current legislative debate about subjecting charter schools to greater government oversight baffling. Will more government regulation really bring greater accountability to charter schools? Consider that no public school has ever been closed, and no district ever lost its franchise, for failure to perform academically, even though state officials have had the authority to close schools for poor performance since 1993. On the other hand, there is mounting evidence to suggest that

36. Career Services :: Education & Higher Education Arizona Department of Education • Charter Schools Information Arizona CharterSchools searchable database. Links to arizona charter schools Handbook, http://www.career.arizona.edu/webresources/?byfield-education

37. Arizona Charter Schools - Tucson Arizona Education ThePepper.com invites you to visit Tucson Arizona s Top 10 Charter Schools Online. http://www.thepepper.com/top10_charter_school.html

info@thepepper.com Carl: Tucson Arizona's Top 10 Charter Schools Complete Tucson's Top 10 List Tucson MLS Classifieds Sell Your Real Estate ... Tucson Real Estate Diversified Real Estate 5210 E. Williams Circle Suite 700 Tucson, AZ 85711

38. National Charter Schools - Arizona - Massachusetts Department Of Education Jim Alverson arizona charter schools Association 2421 E. Isabella Ave. Mesa, AZ85204 (602) 4975337. Return to State Charter School Directory http://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/directory/az.html

State Government State Services Select Program Area DOE HOME Advisory Councils Board of Education Career/Vocational Technical Education Charter Schools Compliance/Monitoring Curriculum Frameworks/Institutes Early Learning Services Education Reform Educational Technology Educator Licensure Tests (MTEL) Educator Licensure Employment Opportunities English Language Learners Family Literacy Forms Directory General Educational Development Grants: Information Information Services Health, Safety and Student Support Services MCAS MCAS Appeals MECC - (Career Center) METCO "No Child Left Behind" Federal Education Law Nutrition Programs Proprietary Schools Reading Office School and District Accountability School and District Profiles/Directory School Finance School-to-Career Education Security Portal Special Education Special Education Appeals Title I Virtual Education Space - VES News District/School Administration Educator Services Assessment/Accountability ... Alternative Education NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS Arizona Governmental Contacts: Linda Fuller or Kathryn Kilroy Arizona Department of Education 1535 W. Jefferson

39. Charter Schools arizona charter schools This site includes the state s statutory language,frequently asked questions, and a searchable database of Arizona s Charter http://interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/Info_Modules/Charterschools.html

Skip navigation links Charter Schools Updated April 19, 2004 The Western Regional Resource Center responds frequently to inquiries from State Departments of Education about the increasing number of charter schools being established. This page provides links to sites reviewed by WRRC staff. State specific information is offered where available. Technical Assistance State Specific Guidance General Technical Assistance Research and Reports Technical Assistance State web sites with some guidance regarding special education: Arizona Charter Schools - This site includes the state's statutory language, frequently asked questions, and a searchable database of Arizona's Charter Schools. Follow the Charter Schools Handbook link to section six: "The Special Education Process and IDEA". FLORIDA - Charter School Resource Center Guidelines and information on charter schools including "Special Education Do's and Don'ts". MASSACHUSETTS - Pioneer Institute - Charter School Resource Center Summaries of Technical Advisory and Legal Memorandum Regarding Special Education. Handbook is downloadable in pdf.

40. School Planning & Management - Charter Schools Arizona currently leads the country in charter school numbers and Chancellor According to Hall, arizona charter schools are not required to hire http://www.peterli.com/archive/spm/351.shtm

PUBLISHED BY THE PETER LI EDUCATION GROUP Catechist ENC Focus Today's Catholic Teacher Today's School ... Pflaum Publishing The information resource for construction, facilities, business, and technology professionals serving the k-12 education market. Site Features: HOME Homepage ABOUT About the Magazine Contact the Staff Writer's Guidelines Editorial Calendar RESOURCES Article Archive Research and Reports Meetings Calendar Related Links ... Managing Excellence - Delivering Success READER'S SERVICE Subscription Services ADVERTISE Media Kit List Rental Telemarketing Article Reprints Charter Schools by Robbin M. Rittner-Heir One of the efforts made toward improving public education was the creation of charter schools. The success of this effort is still being decided. In the name of educating children, we have formed public schools, private schools, parochial schools, magnet schools, alternative schools, vocational schools all operating with the same basic purpose to teach students what they need to know to function as successful members of society. Yet, in spite of efforts to date, test scores nationwide show the education system is failing many students. Cries came from all quarters for educational reform, seeking greater accountability in the education of children, primarily from public school districts. Parents sought to take their children and tax dollars, by way of vouchers, to invest in higher quality ‘‘schools of choice’‘ primarily fee-for-service private and parochial schools. Court cases ensued while educators looked for other options.

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