41. RE-SEGREGATING SCHOOLS IN THE NAME OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM By E. Wayne Ross Arizona is home to nearly one in four of the charter schools in the United In comparison to their public school neighbors, arizona charter schools http://www.pipeline.com/~rgibson/rouge_forum/newspaper/fall1999/resegregating.ht

RE-SEGREGATING SCHOOLS IN THE NAME OF EDUCATIONAL REFORM By: E. Wayne Ross SUNY Binghamton Current 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 is the scores students produce on standardized tests. Just as elites and the media would have the nation's economic health judged solely on the Dow Jones Average, judgments of school effectiveness have been reduced to test scores. The pernicious effects of this myopic approach to public school reform include: undermining local control over curriculum, the de-skilling of teachers, and now, segregation of kids and teachers by race. 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-skills" classes enroll only 60 percent African American and Hispanic students. The Amityville tracking system doesn't stop with students. Although there are 18 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 district's below-average test scores and that instruction in any area other than reading and math would be a distraction from this goal.

42. Reason Magazine -- April 1998 arizona had 1/3 of the nation's charter schools. This study by business and economics writer James K. Glassman looks at competitive effects on all schools. http://www.reason.com/9804/fe.glassman.html

R EASON * April 1998 Class Acts How charter schools are revamping public education in Arizonaand beyond. James K. Glassman Three years ago, Arizona passed a law that allows almost any reasonably serious person to start a school and receive a little more than $4,000 in state funds for every student enrolled. Such "charter schools," as they're called, are public schools that operate with more autonomy than conventional onesa vague definition, perhaps, but the best one available. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have laws permitting them. In the short time they've been around in Arizona, charters have attracted more than 25,000 students, or roughly 3 percent of the state's public school population, and the number is still rising by 10,000 annually. Arizona, with one-fiftieth of the nation's population, has about one-third of its 780 charter schools. Arizona has twice as many charters as California, which has eight times as many children under age 18. Over the past year, I've visited Arizona three times to see how well its charter schools are working. I especially wanted to find out whether charters were providing competition to traditional public schools and whether, in response, those public schools were trying to improve. I am not an expert on educationfar from itbut I write about business and economics, and I've long suspected that one reason public schools fail is that, as government-protected near-monopolies, they lack the feedback mechanisms built into market systems. As a result, they can't get the sort of information that would help them do a better job. Ultimately, they're operated more for the benefit of administrators and teachers than for parents and studentsfor producers rather than consumers. When charter schools started pulling some of those consumers away from traditional public schools, my hypothesis went, the latter would have no choice but to get better in order to lure the kids back.

43. Charter Schools Information Home Page arizona State Board for charter schools. Dark blue line. Links to Related Web Sites.arizona charter School Association arizona charter School Directory http://www.ade.state.az.us/charterschools/info/

Home A-Z Services SAIS Common Logon Superintendent Tom Horne Find a School Top Arizona Schools School/Dist/AZ Report Cards Programs Teacher Certification Standards Accountability Board of Education Procurement/Financial Svcs Employment Opportunities Contact ADE About ADE Charter Schools County Agencies Non-Discrimination Policy A-Z Services Biography ... Failing Schools subMenu 8-1 subMenu 8-2 Annual Report E-Rate Grants Management Procurement ... Charter Schools Info Superintendent Tom Horne Find A School Top Arizona Schools School Report Cards Programs Teacher Certification Rsrch/Standards/Acctblty Board of Education Financial Education Contact ADE About ADE Resource Center Charter Information Accountability in Arizona Charter Schools Arizona Charter Schools List (The schools listed have approved charters) Charter School Handbook FAQ's about Charter Schools The Charter Requirements ... Relevant Rules, Regulations and Statutes (See Section 2) Pupil Admission Requirements Finance Sponsors/Applicants Teacher/Employment Benefits ... Arizona Charter School Association For Charter School Operators FINGER PRINT LAW FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS Project SEARCH, a study of special education in charter schools

44. Arizona State Board For Charter Schools An online resource for parents, students, applicants, and currently sponsored charter schools. http://www.asbcs.state.az.us/

45. Disclaimer The Following Information Is Self Reported And Is Not All charter schools. charter Name. Sponsor Name. School Site Name arizona charterschools Handbook charter School Laws/ARS http://www.ade.state.az.us/charterschools/

Home A-Z Services SAIS Common Logon Other Links Search School/District Schools Links Educational Directory SAIS Information ... Feedback Select a category All Charter Schools Charter Name Sponsor Name School Site Name City County Zip Code Optional Search Criteria Type of school: Target Population: Calendar Type: Enter a key phrase or part of a phrase. Example: applied academic, technical, vocational, multi-age, philosophy, cultural, college prep, performing arts, etc Example: general, at-risk, gifted, special ed, pregnant or parenting, traumatized, gifted, etc Traditional Year-Round Alternative Extended Number of visitors since Links to Related Web Sites: Arizona Charter Schools Handbook Charter School Laws/ARS

46. Layton Law This arizona firm provides transactional and administrative legal services to arizona and Ohio charter schools and small and mediumsized businesses. http://www.laytonlaw.com

47. Under Construction chartered by the arizona State Board for charter schools, offering individualized, selfpaced programs that exceed the state standards. Schedules, news, and an events calendar are included with the overview. http://www.compasshsgators.org

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48. Arizona State Board For Charter Schools arizona State Board for charter schools An on-line resource for parents,students, applicants, and currently sponsored charter schools. http://www.asbcs.state.az.us/asbcs/

Board Information - Board Members - Board Meeting Dates - Board Sub-Committee Members - Board Rules - Newsletter Parent Resources - Parent Brochure / FAQ - School Search - Parent Satisfaction Survey - Other Resources and Links School Resources - Amendment / Notification Forms - Fingerprinting - Due Dates - Useful Links - Important NCLB Information Applicant Resources - New Charter Application - Elective Transfer Application - Useful Links About Us - ASBCS Staff - Contact Information - Map to Our Location Additional Resources - Charter Summary Report - Helpful Links - Archives Audit Guidelines and Documents IMPORTANT: OPERATION GOOD NEIGHBOR Mandatory Submission of School Report Cards Important details about 2005 changes to AZ LEARNS and AYP For-Profit Litigation Press Release ... NCLB-McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act The 2006-2007 New Charter Application is now available. Deadline submittal is August 5, 2005.

49. PPEP Project PPEP is arizona's home for charter high schools, rural development, the Encompas program, and rural education. Home of the Cesar Chavez Hall of Fame. http://www.ppep.org/

John D. Arnold, Ph.D. Biography Welcome to the PPEP web site. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping rural residents in Arizona. Please explore our site to learn about PPEP's many services and programs. Then contact us if you need further assistance. PPEP - 802 E. 46th Street - Tucson, AZ - 85713 - 520.622.3553 - 800.376.3553

50. The Education Forum: In Arizona, Charter Schools Work In arizona and nationally, the best charter schools are started by Some ofarizona s school districts have not reformed to meet charter competition. http://edreform.com/forum/991011rmsm.htm

THE EDUCATION FORUM Hosted by The Center for Education Reform IN ARIZONA, CHARTER SCHOOLS WORK By Robert Maranto and Scott Milliman The Washington Post, October 11, 1999 Supporters promise that school choice will revolutionize schools. Opponents say it will destroy public education. Meanwhile, with little fanfare, Arizona has initiated a free market in public education. With the most pro-choice policies in the nation, Arizona has 350 charter school campuses. Charter schools are public schools that are self-governed and market-driven, much as private schools are. Charter operators determine curriculum, hire and fire teachers, and earn funding based on the number of parents who choose their school. But unlike private schools, charter schools cannot impose religion, charge tuition or deny admissions. Our evaluation of Arizona's experiment in free-market education finds that while choice is no panacea, it has made schools more accountable to parents and has empowered many teachers. Parents who want educational alternatives are big winners under choice. School choice has popularized options including Montessori, core knowledge, back-to-basics and Waldorf programs. These were previously unknown in Arizona or available only at private schools for a hefty tuition. Preliminary analyses of Phoenix elementary schools suggest that charter enrollments reflect not "white flight" but a demand for such educational alternatives.

51. GreatSchools.net K-12 Schools In California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Profiles for public, private, and charter schools, by state. Includes tools tosearch, sort and compare based on test scores, teacher experience, http://www.greatschools.net/

School information for public, private and charter schools nationwide GreatSchools.net is your objective source of school information on elementary, middle and high schools. A nonprofit organization, GreatSchools.net provides information about public, private and charter schools in all 50 states and detailed school profiles for California Arizona Texas Florida ... Illinois and New Jersey Our free online guide helps you: Find your ideal school Track your school's performance Get your school's profile Get tips to help your child succeed Compare schools Stay informed with free newsletters -Select state- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ABOUT US ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRINCIPALS ... SITE MAP GreatSchools.net

52. Horizon Community Learning Center - Charter School, Phoenix Arizona Its partnership with the arizona Board For charter schools provides additionalpublic school choices for students and parents. http://www.horizonclc.org/

Sign up to receive HCLC News in your e-mail inbox! Horizon Community Learning Center Ranked "Excelling" by the AZ Dept. of Education. Welcome to the Web site of Horizon Community Learning Center (HCLC) in Phoenix, Arizona "Home of the Eagles!" HCLC is a tuition-free, public charter school providing continuous learning from kindergarten through high school. Located in Ahwatukee, HCLC serves the Phoenix Metropolitan area, including the Ahwatukee Foothills, Casa Grande, Chandler, Gilbert, Guadalupe, Maricopa, Mesa and Tempe communities. HCLC leads the way for public education reform and improved student achievement. Its partnership with the Arizona Board For Charter Schools provides additional public school choices for students and parents. HCLC Mission Statement Horizon Community Learning Center is committed to providing a safe learning environment rich in technology where students achieve academic and social excellence while solving real-life problems in a cooperative manner. For questions or comments about the Horizon Community Learning Center Web site, contact the webmaster.

53. Arizona's Charter Schools - Arizona Real Estate - Buyer's Guide arizona Education arizona has about 270 charter schools - publicly funded,privately run schools. More than any other state in the nation. http://www.come2az.com/education/AZEducation/charter.htm

Arizona Education Growing Education System - Charter Schools - Online SAT Help Arizona's Charter Schools Arizona tops nation in number of charters. If you've never heard of charter schools, you haven't lived in Arizona very long. The Grand Canyon state has about 270 of these publicly funded, privately run schools, more than any other state in the nation. From high-tech to back-to-basics to performing arts, charter schools offer parents and students a wide range of classes, learning methods and discipline styles. And it's all free because charter schools are public. Charter schools were designed to give parents more choices for their child's education. By law, charters, unlike other public schools, also are required to improve student achievement. A Goldwater Institute analysis of reading and math test scores in Arizona attests that when parents choose, students succeed. All children, not just a select few, deserve educational opportunity. The Center for Educational Opportunity The center offers parents several tips for choosing a good charter school for their child. Among then: Ask what the school expects of parents and students and attend a governing board meeting.

54. PPI: The Highs And Lows Of Charter Schooling In Arizona Bodies overseeing charter schools in arizona must place a greater emphasis onwhat matters most academic and bottomline compliance issues. http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=85&subsecID=108&contentID=252678

55. Arizona's Charter Schools arizona leads the nation in both the number of operating charter schools and in the the separate arizona State Board for charter schools, which can also http://www.nasbe.org/Educational_Issues/SII/8_4.html

id=10872 State Improvement Initiatives , Vol. 8, No. 3 National Association of State Boards of Education Arizona's Charter Schools Arizona leads the nation in both the number of operating charter schools and in the percentage of students who attend these schools. The state's charter school legislation was first passed in 1994, making Arizona the tenth state to do so. The two declared purposes are to provide learning environments that will improve pupil achievement, and to provide additional academic choices for parents and pupils. There are a reported 467 charter school sites operating in the 2002-2003 school year, enrolling about 7.5 percent of all Arizona public school students. Sponsoring entities can include: the Arizona State Board of Education, which can sponsor up to 25 charters per year and has granted 63 to date, accounting for an enrollment of some 14,000 students at 84 sites; the separate Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, which can also sponsor up to 25 charters per year and has granted some 244 charters serving 47,000 students at 332 sites; and boards of local school districts. Although there is no legislative limit on the number of charters distrcts can sponsor, only 9 districts have granted 25 charters serving 3,500 students at 45 sites.

56. How Good Are Arizona's Charters? Just how well arizona s charter schools are educating their students remains amuddy picture, despite another national study released Tuesday that concluded http://www.azcentral.com/families/education/articles/0818charters-ON1.html

OAS_listpos="Top1,Top2,Left3,Bottom2,x01,x02,x03,x04,x05,x06,Right3,Bottom1,BoxAd" var ScriptsLoaded = true; Enter to win: A new 2006 Dodge Charger from The Arizona Republic and Power Automotive! Traffic Weather News ... Subscribe to The Republic How good are Arizona's charters? Pat Kossan The Arizona Republic Aug. 18, 2004 08:25 PM Just how well Arizona's charter schools are educating students remains a muddy picture, despite a national study released this week that concluded students in loosely regulated charter schools in other states perform poorly. The study fails to offer clear data about student progress at Arizona's nearly 500 charter schools, but it does cast doubt on the idea that the charter movement's more autonomous, free-market approach can produce better learning in the classroom. The study compared test scores in states with carefully monitored charters to states with loosely regulated charter schools, said Celia Lose, spokeswoman for the American Federation of Teachers, which conducted the analysis. Researchers used fourth-grade math and reading scores on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress, a test given to a sampling of students in every state and known as the nation's report card. advertisement OAS_AD('BoxAd') On test scores, charter students lagged far behind their public school district peers in Michigan and Texas, where charter schools are loosely regulated. Charter students performed about the same as their district peers in California and Colorado, where charters are more carefully regulated. The study also showed that the gap between the lower test scores of children living in poverty and the higher scores of their wealthier peers remained at both types of school.

57. Charter Schools Failing On Reform Goals, ASU Study Concludes charter schools have failed in their promise to reform the public school systemand improve student academic achievement, a study released May 19 by arizona http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0612edcharter12.html

OAS_listpos="Top1,Top2,Left3,Bottom2,x70,x01,x02,x03,x04,x05,x06,Right3,Bottom1,BoxAd" var ScriptsLoaded = true; September 18, 2005 Traffic: See current conditions on all Valley freeways Traffic Weather Front Page ... Subscribe to The Republic Charter schools failing on reform goals, ASU study concludes Pat Kossan The Arizona Republic Jun. 12, 2005 12:00 AM Charter schools have failed in their promise to reform the public school system and improve student academic achievement, a study released last month by Arizona State University concludes. The study reviewed research about charter schools in seven states, including Arizona, and found that charter and district schools are producing similar student test scores. Despite smaller classes on smaller campuses, charters are not improving academic achievement of needy students, who traditionally lag behind their wealthier peers. "The failure becomes even harder to understand given the advantages that charters enjoy in their freedom from the rules, regulations and contracts that are said to bureaucratically burden the public schools," reported author Gerald Bracey of George Mason University in Virginia. advertisement OAS_AD('BoxAd') Clint Bolick, president of the Arizona-based Alliance for School Choice, called the report "ideology, not scholarship" and said competition from charters has forced district schools to improve.

58. Arizona/AZ Charter Schools - Public School Review A directory of arizona/AZ charter schools by county high schools, middle schools,and elementary schools. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/state_charters/stateid/AZ

home search schools school agency rankings town / county rankings ... Home Arizona Charter Schools Arizona charter schools are listed below. Arizona Charter High Schools by County: County Town High School # Students 1. Apache Pinetop Renaissance Academy - Anasazi Apache Pinetop Renaissance Academy - Anasazi Campus Apache St Johns Renaissance Academy - San Juan Campus 2. Cochise Douglas Center For Academic Success, The Cochise Douglas Center For Academic Success, The #2 Cochise Hereford Sierra Summit Cochise Sierra Vista Center For Academic Success, The 3. Coconino Flagstaff Flagstaff Arts And Leadership Coconino Flagstaff Flagstaff Arts And Leadership Academy Coconino Flagstaff Northland Preparatory Coconino Flagstaff Northland Preparatory Academy 4. Gila Globe Liberty High School Gila Globe Liberty High School 5. La Paz Ehrenberg Scholars Academy, The 6. Maricopa Apache Junction Apache Trail High School Maricopa Avondale Estrella High School Maricopa Avondale North Star Charter School, Maricopa Avondale Precision Academy Maricopa Casa Grande Pinnacle High School - Casa Grande Maricopa Chandler El Dorado High School Maricopa Chandler Primavera Technical Learning Maricopa Chandler Primavera Technical Learning Center Maricopa Gilbert Desert Hills High School Maricopa Gilbert Skyline Technical High Maricopa Gilbert Skyline West High Maricopa Glendale E-institute Maricopa Glendale International Studies Academy Maricopa Glendale Maya High School Maricopa Glendale North Pointe Maricopa Mesa Academy With Community Maricopa Mesa Academy With Community Partners Maricopa Mesa Heritage Academy Maricopa

59. Goldwater - Arizona's Charter Schools - A Survey Of Parents Full Text of arizona s charter schools A Survey of Parents (PDF, 172 KB).You must have Adobe Acrobat installed to view this document. http://goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php/124.html

Staff Senior Fellows Job Opportunites Contribute ... News Releases Search Our Site Today's News The Envelope, Please The new Goldwater Institute Legislative Report Card provides a valid yardstick by which to rate legislative performance. More. Today's News Archives Events 9/28: Todd Nelson, Chairman, Apollo Group: Phoenix and Tucson Sign Up For Updates Your Email Address: Arizona Spending Watch The Arizona Spending Watch shows the state government spends its fiscal year 2006 budget of $23.4 billion at a rate of $742 per second. More Center for Educational Opportunity Home Research Areas Center for Educational Opportunity Arizona's Charter Schools - A Survey of Parents by Mary Gifford and Timothy Keller Arizona Issue Analysis #140 April 1, 1996 Executive Summary This study of charter school parents is the first in a series to be conducted by the Goldwater Institute with the assistance of many supporters, most notably, the Dial Corp., Motorola Inc., and Bank of America. This body of research provides fresh insights into who attends charter schools and why. Until now, no statewide survey of charter schools had been undertaken. Several case studies and limited surveys have been conducted, but this is the first major progress toward developing population parameters for charter schools. The Goldwater Institute study also reveals information about charter schools that is contrary to popular opinion and may have considerable impact on future study and development of charter schools. The study reveals that the majority of charter school students (69 percent of respondents) previously attended public schools and of this group, 57 percent of the parents were either very dissatisfied or dissatisfied with their child's educational experience. Overall, half of the charter school parents were very dissatisfied or dissatisfied with their child's previous school. Ninety-two percent of these same parents say they are very satisfied or satisfied with their child's charter school and 94 percent plan to send their child to the same charter school next year.

60. Charter School Manuals charter schools sponsored by the arizona State Board of Education and the arizonaState Board for charter schools should contact the arizona State Board for http://www.auditorgen.state.az.us/manuals_charter.htm

Home Find By Category Charter School Manuals/Memorandums USFRCS T his is the Uniform System of Financial Records for Arizona Charter Schools in HyperWriter. The USFRCS is the accounting and financial reporting manual for Arizona charter schools. This version of the USFRCS does not include the revised Chart of Accounts Section that was updated in January 2004. Once the USFRCS.exe file is downloaded, double click the file to unzip the three files (Disk1.exe, forms.exe, and Installation Instructions.txt) onto your desktop. Read the Installation Instructions.txt file. Chart of Accounts (91k)—This is the USFRCS Chart of Accounts updated in January 2004. This Chart supersedes the Chart of Accounts dated August 1996. Click here to see the memorandum describing the revisions. USFRCS MEMORANDUMS —issued to update the USFRCS between major revisions. All memorandums currently in effect are listed below.

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