81. 2. Only 5 Out Of 139 Michigan Charter School... [Mackinac Center For Public Pol In the 199899 school year, only 3.6 percent of Michigan charter schools had arizona charter school teachers are willing to trade job security for more http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=1938

82. Www.azstarnet.com charter schools don t have scores at the county or district level. Academic Personal Excellence High School, Academy of arizona, Academy Of Excellence http://regulus.azstarnet.com/stanford9/charter.php?year=2004&cat=2

83. Www.azstarnet.com charter schools don t have scores at the county or district level. arizonaMontessori charter schoolsChandler, arizona School For The Arts http://regulus.azstarnet.com/stanford9/charter.php?year=2004&cat=1

84. Reason: Class Acts: How Charter Schools Are Revamping Public Education In Arizon As a result, Arkansas has zero charter schools. arizona is at the other end of the The key to arizona s success is that charters for new schools can be http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1568/is_n11_v29/ai_20468725

@import url(/css/us/style1.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); @import url(/css/us/articles.css); @import url(/css/us/artHome1.css); Home Advanced Search IN free articles only all articles this publication Automotive Sports FindArticles Reason April 1998 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Related Searches Charter schools / Services Public schools / Evaluation Arizona / Schools Featured Titles for Advocate, The Air Force Journal of Logistics Air Force Law Review Air Force Speeches ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Class acts: how charter schools are revamping public education in Arizona - and beyond Reason April, 1998 by James K. Glassman Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. 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 ones - a 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.

85. AEEB arizona schools, Districts and charter schools. Elementary schools. Middle schools.Secondary schools. School Districts. charter schools http://www.arizonaeducationjobs.com/azdist.html

Elementary Schools Middle Schools Secondary Schools School Districts ... Charter Schools Elementary Schools When requesting that your school be added to this list, please send the URL along with the city the school is located in. Bales Elementary School (Buckeye) Buckeye Elementary School (Buckeye) Christensen Elementary School (Flagstaff) Casa Blanca Community School, Inc. ... Desert Vista Elementary School (Apache Junction) Diamondback Elementary K-5 (Bullhead City) Fowler Elementary School (Phoenix) Frontier Elementary School (Payson) Gila Crossing Community School (Gila River) ... Gold Canyon Elementary School (Apache Junction) H. L. Suverkrup Elementary School (Yuma) Harelson Elementary (Tucson) Havasupai Elementary School (Lake Havasu City) Holbrook Indian School (Holbrook) ... Superstition Mountain Elementary School (Apache Junction) Thomas Elementary School (Flagstaff) Flora Thew Elementary School (Tempe) Valley Horizon Elementary School (Yuma) W.F. Killip Elementary School (Flagstaff) ... Back to Top Middle Schools When requesting that your school be added to this list, please send the URL along with the city the school is located in.

86. K12 : Participating Schools - Virtual Academy, Virtual School, Charter School, A The arizona Virtual Academy will be open to students in grades kindergarten through The Pennsylvania Virtual charter School is open students in grades http://www.k12.com/virtual_academy/participating_schools.html

Find out how to get K12 for your family Home About Us Customer Support ... K12 Virtual Academy : Participating Schools Virtual Academies are generally open to all residents of the state; restrictions may apply. Arizona Arizona Virtual Academy The Arizona Virtual Academy will be open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in Arizona. Arkansas Arkansas Virtual School The Arkansas Virtual School is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in Arkansas. Students in the Arkansas Virtual School must be residents of participating school districts. California California Virtual Academy at Jamestown The California Virtual Academy at Jamestown is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in the following counties: Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Tuolumne. California Virtual Academy at Kern The California Virtual Academy at Kern is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in the following counties: Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura. California Virtual Academy at Kings The California Virtual Academy at Kings is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in Fresno County.

87. Policy Brief: Charter Schools charter schools may be granted exemptions from many of the state and local attending traditional public schools.12, 13 In arizona, charter schools http://www.ael.org/rel/policy/charter.htm

Regional Legislative Database Publications ... Information The following Policy Brief is available in PDF format . To access this file, you need Acrobat Reader. Download a free version here. http://www.adobe.com/product s/acrobat/readstep.html Charter Schools: The Perspective from AEL's Region Minnesota passed the first charter school legislation in 1991. Seven years later, about three-fifths of the states had followed suit. In 1999, President Clinton announced federal aid to 32 states that had applied for charter school funds. Existing programs were granted a total of $54 million dollars, and $41 million dollars was earmarked for start up grants for the express purpose of increasing the number of charter schools from the more than 1,700 that currently exist to 3,000 by the year 2001. Policymakers in AEL's region (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia) have approached legislation more cautiously. This issue of Policy Briefs provides an overview of charter school legislation, looks at concerns specific to AEL's region, and reports on the status of charter school legislation in four states. What are charter schools?

88. RB-8018-EDU charterschool achievement results are mixed. In arizona, charter schools seemto be outperforming conventional public schools in reading and possibly in http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB8018/

What Do We Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools? Separating the Rhetoric from the Reality Two prominent reforms proposed to improve education are the use of "vouchers"-publicly funded scholarships that students may use for private-school tuition-and the creation of "charter schools"-schools of choice that are funded by public money but operate autonomously, outside the traditional system of public-school governance. Vouchers and charter schools both represent the leading edge of the movement to promote parental choice in education, and they present similar challenges for the traditional system of government-operated schools. Supporters of these proposals have great hopes that the proposals will provide significant benefits for the education of the nation's children, and opponents have large fears about what the proposals will do. In Rhetoric Versus Reality: What We Know and What We Need to Know About Vouchers and Charter Schools , Brian Gill, Michael Timpane, Karen Ross, and Dominic Brewer conclude that neither the hopes nor the fears have yet been realized and that many key questions remain unanswered.

89. Finishing Touches By ROBERT MARANTO - Education Next - WINTER 2001 About one in four arizona public schools is a charter school. Indeed, somearizona education officials suggest that charter schools enable district http://www.educationnext.org/20014/7maranto.html

Finishing Touches by ROBERT MARANTO If school vouchers bettered the educational opportunities only of children who use the vouchers to attend private schools or schools in another district, many reformers would be left holding cups half empty. For the animating theory of school choice has always been that it will not only serve as an escape hatch from dysfunctional public schools but also will spark public schools to improve. Thus far this theory remains mostly untested. Through caps on enrollment, chronic underfunding, and legal attacks, voucher programs have been kept artificially small, restraining any influence they might have on local districts. The combined enrollment of all the publicly and privately financed voucher programs in the nation was still only 0.1 percent of public school enrollment in the fall of 2000. The statewide voucher program in Florida affected only two public schools directly. Despite the limited data, scholars have found creative ways of teasing out the effects of competition on public schools. Elsewhere in this issue, Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby reports that cities with many low-cost private school options tend to elicit better performance from their public schools. Hoxby also finds that urban areas with a large number of school districts, and therefore many options for families choosing where to reside, tend to have higher test scores than cities like Miami, where one school district covers anyone living close enough to work in the city. However, the options of choosing a private school or locating in a suburb with high-performing public schools are mainly closed to low-income students.

90. Schools Online: Connecting The World... One School At A Time Prescott, Painted Pony Ranch charter School. Prescott Valley, arizona Montessoricharter School. Queen Creek, Combs Elementary School http://www.schoolsonline.org/whatwedo/usa/az.htm

Chinese Deutsch Français Italiano Japanese Korean Português Country List Regional Programs Africa Europe ... Newsletters Click to enlarge In 2000, teachers from 278 schools in 11 states received complete computer systems, which included a Pentium III multimedia computer, monitor, color printer, and a large screen television. Local education partners conducted initial workshops in the use and integration of this technology into teachers' daily practice. About 250 teachers submitted proposals that outlined their participation in online collaborative projects for a second phase of the equipment grant, which included a color scanner and a digital camera. These teachers will use this technology for online collaborative projects among students in schools in their community and in some cases, in schools around the world. Participating schools are in the following states: Arizona California Illinois Michigan ... South Dakota In addition, we are working with

91. Charter School Websites: Arizona charter School Websites arizona. Academy of Math and Science, Tucson, AZ, arizona Montessori charter School Prescott Valley, Prescott Valley, AZ, http://edreform.com/charter_schools/websites/arizona.html

Charter School Websites Arizona Academy of Math and Science , Tucson, AZ, Opened 2000, Serving Grades 1-10, Enrollment: 187 All Aboard Charter School , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 2002, Serving Grades K-1, Enrollment: 30 AmeriSchools Academy (#001) , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 1999, Serving Grades 7-12, Enrollment: 98 AmeriSchools Academy (#002) , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 1998, Serving Grades K-6, Enrollment: 116 AmeriSchools Academy (#003) , Tucson, AZ, Opened 1998, Serving Grades 9-12, Enrollment: 150 AmeriSchools Academy (#004) , Yuma, AZ, Opened 2000, Serving Grades K-3, Enrollment: 109 AmeriSchools Academy (#005) , Tucson, AZ, Opened 2000, Serving Grades 6-8, Enrollment: 102 Apache Trail High School , Apache Junction, AZ, Opened 1997, Serving Grades 9-12, Enrollment: 126 Apex Academy , Apache Junction, AZ, Opened 2001, Serving Grades 6-8, Enrollment: 23 , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 1997, Serving Grades 9-12, Enrollment: 278 (all sites) , Mesa, AZ, Opened 2002, Serving Grades 11-12, Enrollment: 278 (all sites) , Mesa, AZ, Opened 2002, Serving Grades 11-12, Enrollment: 278 (all sites) , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 1998, Serving Grades 9-12, Enrollment: 278 (all sites) Arizona Call-A-Teen Center for Excellence , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 1995, Serving Grades 9-12, Enrollment: 121 Arizona Montessori Charter School Glendale , Glendale, AZ, Opened 1995, Serving Grades K-6, Enrollment: 188 Arizona Montessori Charter School Prescott Valley , Prescott Valley, AZ, Opened 1995, Serving Grades K-8, Enrollment: 127 Bell Canyon Academy , Phoenix, AZ, Opened 2001, Serving Grades K-6, Enrollment: 472

92. Benjamin Franklin Charter School School District - Arizona / AZ Benjamin Franklin charter School School District arizona / AZ. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_district/446/az/

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93. Welcome To The Sedona Charter School Website Sedona charter School 165 Kachina Drive Sedona, arizona 86336. Phone (928)2046464 Toll Free (888) 408-6698 Fax (928) 204-6486 http://www.sedonacharterschool.com/

Sedona Charter School 165 Kachina Drive Sedona, Arizona 86336 Phone: (928) 204-6464 Toll Free: (888) 408-6698 Fax: (928) 204-6486 About Sedona Charter School Site Index Our Mission: Our Montessori school challenges each child to achieve excellence through an individualized program. We inspire a passion for learning, instill a sense of personal responsibility, and cultivate a respect for the environment and involvement in the community. Thanks to the foresight and hard work of a determined team of parents and community volunteers, Sedona Charter School was founded in 1995 as the second charter contract issued in the state of Arizona. The SCS charter proposal was so well-conceived that it was approved quickly and unanimously by the State Board of Charter Schools. It was also distributed nationwide as a model for other new charter schools to follow. Our doors opened at the start of the 1995-96 school year with 90 students in grades 1-5. We currently serve students in grades K-8 and our attendance is at approximately 185 students. In this small school atmosphere, our students are able to reach high levels of academic achievement and receive some of the highest scores on standardized tests in Arizona. The children are taught by an intensely focused teaching team in multi-age, multi-grade classrooms. This team is guided by an experienced head teacher formally trained in the Montessori method. The teachers work to ensure that each student has the opportunity to excel, both academically and as a good citizen, in an environment that is physically and emotionally safe for all children.

94. Challenge Charter School Challenge charter School an Official K8 Core Knowledge School located in Glendalearizona. CCS is a K-6 elementary school located in Glendale, arizona. http://www.challengecharterschool.net/

Your browser does not support script AIMS: IT WAS A GREAT YEAR!!! We just couldn't wait until school started to get this information out to you. Your children and our students just knocked the socks off of the AIMS test this past spring. The state would not let us release any cumulative data until they had released it to the media this past week. You all got your individual student scores when we mailed them out about a month ago. The school-wide performance was awesome!! To read the entire article click here!

95. The Heartland Institute - Arizona Charter School Students Start Lower But Finish One might describe the national charter school movement as one step forward, twosteps back. http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=14803

96. Arizona State Retirement System :: Employer List arizona Community Development arizona Montessori charter School Clearview Centralarizona charter School Country Gardens charter School http://www.asrs.state.az.us/web/EmployerList.do

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97. AEI - Books Since 1994, arizona has implemented a charter school law with the lowest barriers to As a result, arizona has more than 200 charter school campuses. http://www.aei.org/books/filter.all,bookID.465/book_detail.asp

About AEI My AEI Support AEI Contact AEI ... Research Areas Search all of AEI.org just Books Browse all books by: Date Subject Author Title ... Press Releases E-NEWSLETTERS Enter e-mail: Home Books School Choice in the Real World School Choice in the Real World Print Mail Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools By Frederick M. Hess , Robert Maranto, Scott Milliman, April Gresham Posted: Thursday, March 1, 2001 Dimensions: 8.86'' x 5.92'' 288 pages Westview Press Publication Date: March 2001 Paperback ISBN: 0813398207 Hardcover ISBN: 0813366003 School choice is the most talked about reform of American public education, yet writings about choice remain highly speculative because no state has adopted a free market approach to educationuntil now. The charter school is fast becoming one of the most significant attempts at public education reform in this country. Over 1100 charter schools operate in twenty-seven states, with several hundred more to be added in the next two years. School Choice in the Real World looks at the charter school movement through a highly focused lens: it examines charter schools in Arizona, which currently account for nearly one-quarter of all charter schools. Since 1994, Arizona has implemented a charter school law with the lowest barriers to entry in the nation. As a result, Arizona has more than 200 charter school campuses. Some districts have even lost more than 10 percent of their students to charter schools. Using the state of Arizona as a case study, the editors examine the experiences of actual charter school operators, social scientific analysis, policy discussions, and criticism and forecasting for the future. The editors bring together academics, policy-makers, and practicioners, and they explain and evaluate how school choice works in the real world.

98. CitizenLink - Features - Arizona Sues Over Charter School Funding US Department of Education plans to cut off funding to forprofit charters inthe Grand Canyon State. http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0036943.cfm

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99. Mountain Charter School [Flagstaff Arizona] Mountain School is a public charter school in Flagstaff, arizona which coversgrades prekindergarten through six. It is a school founded by parents, http://www.mountaincharterschool.com/

History/Mission/Goals Letter from the Director The Curriculum Calendar of Activities ... Contact Information Pre-K Angelina Robidoux K Karen McNamara Helen Schulz Gina Andress Julie Kley ... Marsha Thompson h Jon Neuhausel Specials A Collage of Kids' Projects Fun Links For Kids ... Parent Handbook Mountain School is a public charter school in Flagstaff, Arizona which covers grades pre-kindergarten through six. It is a school founded by parents, reflecting parents' concerns. When we began in 1980, our aim was to provide our own children with an alternative to the rigidity and to the crowding of public schools. Through the years we have evolved into a school committed to having children gain academic breadth while maintaining their inherent love of learning, a school where learning works in concert with children's senses of integrity and self-esteem. We have a school where children feel good about themselves - and about learning. Mountain School provides an environment in which children themselves take part in constructing their curriculum. Students are offered choices. Since they choose, their curiosity, which can only be appeased by study, fuels their desire to discover and to learn. Students learn to study, and are therefore encouraged to learn more. In pursuing their studies, they work alone and they work as self-selected groups. They discover the value of self-directed study and collaborative study. They discover autonomy and community.

100. Intelli-School High School IntelliSchool charter High School has completed its ninth year of mandatedtesting requirements of Intelli-School meet all arizona State Standards and http://www.intellischool.org/

staff login Accreditation History ... enrollment@intellischool.org Since Sept 1995 Computer based High School curriculum. Welcome to Intelli-School Charter High Schools Intelli-School Charter High School has completed its ninth year of operations as an Arizona Charter School. Intelli-School's mission is to provide an innovative, non-traditional high school learning environment, that is completely computer-driven and entirely self-paced. Intelli-School provides extremely safe school sites which focus on the emerging adult in its education setting. Intelli-School provides a unique and positive learning experience for students that focuses on the whole student. Intelli-School believes that the educational environment and respectful, character-driven behavior expectations are as important to future success as are strong academics. Intelli-School Charter High School is accredited through APBA (the Association for Performance-Based Accreditation). Students who complete the course, credit and state mandated testing requirements of Intelli-School meet all Arizona State Standards and will receive a high school diploma that is accepted by all major colleges, universities, the military and trade schools. If you are interested in pre-registering for admission to one of the school campuses please fill in and submit the Pre-Registration Form Ahwatukee Ahwatukee 4629 E. Chandler Blvd.

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