1. Minnesota Association Of Charter Schools charter schools will be represented at the 2005 Minnesota State Fair! The MinnesotaAssociation of charter schools (MACS) will be exhibiting in the http://www.mncharterschools.org/

Home Charter School Information About MACS Charter School Directory ... Equipment Exchange 1295 Bandana Blvd. N. Suite 165 Saint Paul, MN 55108-5116 General: 651-644-0432 FAX: 651-644-0433 Office Hours: M-F, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM You'll need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view pdf files on this site. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for FREE. What's New at MACS The Mission of the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools On Tuesday, August 30, 2005, the Executive Committee took a number of actions , including approving a new Mission Statement for MACS: To enhance the capacity, assure the quality and promote the choice of public charter schools in Minnesota. As a membership organization we accomplish our mission through: • Effective advocacy and outreach; • Innovative leadership development and support; • Quality services and training; • Resource brokering and connecting people and ideas; and • Transparent accountability. A Piccolo Perspective NO. 2 - September 7, 2005 The MACS web site has a new feature: a column authored by Eugene Piccolo, Executive Director, entitled “ A Piccolo Perspective Piccolo means "little" or "small" in Italian and reflects that the column features a variety of "piccolo" thoughts on some of the big issues, ideas, challenges and opportunities in public education, the charter school movement and our society.

2. National Charter Schools Institute Provides information and training for those starting and operating charter schools. http://www.nationalcharterschools.org/

Tax Breaks for Teachers With back-to-school sales in full swing, the Internal Revenue Service reminds teachers and other educators to save their receipts for purchases of books and classroom supplies. These out-of-pocket expenses may lower their 2005 taxes. details Call for Papers The NCSI Learning Resources Journal is accepting manuscripts for publication. details The first charter school opened in Minnesota in 1992.

3. Charter Schools Development Center Resources for charter school developers and charter granting agencies. http://www.cacharterschools.org/

Charter Schools Development Center 7750 College Town Drive, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95826 Phone: 916-278-6069 Fax: 916-278-4094 Email: CSDC@chartercenter.org Join our mailing list (Please include your full name, title/position, organization, address, phone number, fax, and email)

4. Charter School Project - Home Page An organization networking with charter schools provides weekly updates of thestate legislation relating to public charter schools. http://www.charterproject.org/

Home Articles Links Legislative Updates Subscription List National Charter Schools Week May 3 - May 7, 2004 Welcome The Charter School Project serves the charter school community of Colorado by monitoring state legislation relating to public charter schools and providing weekly updates during the legislative session. In 1993, the Colorado General Assembly passed the Charter Schools Act. Since that time over 90 charter schools have been approved, educating more than 24,000 students. Thank you for visiting the Charter School Project website! 2004 Legislative Session Summary - May 16, 2004 April 24, 2004 April 17, 2004 April 10, 2004 ... January 17, 2004 Our email address is director@charterproject.org Please direct site problems to: info@charterproject.org © 2002 Charter School Project

5. Redirect Resources, how to start and run a charter school, contact information, and profilesof schools. http://www.uscharterschools.org/

6. Charter Schools. ERIC Digest Provides fulltext access to the ERIC Digest of this name dealing with charterschools. Includes a look at both the pros and cons. http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/charter.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Hadderman, Margaret Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management Eugene OR. Charter Schools. ERIC Digest, Number 118. In seven short years, the U.S. charter-school movement has produced about 800 schools in 29 states and the District of Columbia, enrolling over 100,000 students. Charter schools reflect their founders' varied philosophies, programs, and organizational structures, serve diverse student populations, and are committed to improving public education. Charter schools are freed of many restrictive rules and regulations. In return, these schools are expected to achieve educational outcomes within a certain period (usually three to five years) or have their charters revoked by sponsors (a local school board, state education agency, or university). WHAT EXPLAINS CHARTER SCHOOLS' GROWING POPULARITY? Some members of the public are dissatisfied with educational quality and school district bureaucracies (Jenkins and Dow 1996). Today's charter-school initiatives are rooted in the educational reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, from state mandates to improve instruction, to school-based management, school restructuring, and private/public-choice initiatives. Many people, President Clinton among them, see charter schools, with their emphasis on autonomy and accountability, as a workable political compromise and an alternative to vouchers. The charter approach uses market principles while insisting that schools be nonsectarian and democratic. For founders, starting a brand-new school is an exhausting, yet exhilarating experience that "stirs the creative and adaptive juices of everyone involved" (Ray Budde 1996).

7. EDISON SCHOOLS Manages elementary and secondary public schools under contracts with schooldistricts and charter schools. (Nasdaq EDSN). http://www.edisonschools.com/

8. Welcome To The Charter School Resource Center Website CSRC acts as an information center, advocate and support organization for charter schools in Pennsylvania http://www.pacharterschools.org/

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9. Charter Schools Education Week's overview of the movement with a excellent collection of articles and essays. http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=42

10. US Charter Schools Resources, how to start and run a charter school, contact information, and profiles of schools. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. School Education Survey Public approves of higher taxes for schools, but wants fairness in funding; support weak for vouchers and unclear for charter schools. Read or take the poll. http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/poll/education/education.front.html

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12. Charter Schools: An Approach For Rural Education? ERIC Digest. Provides fulltext access to the ERIC Digest of this name which examines chartersschools in the rural setting. http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-3/charter.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Collins, Timothy Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools Charleston WV. Charter Schools: An Approach for Rural Education? ERIC Digest. Charter schools have emerged in the 1990s as a prominent and controversial school reform idea. This Digest describes characteristics of charter schools, outlines some tentative research findings, discusses advantages and shortcomings, and summarizes challenges rural communities might face in starting such a school. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS In some ways, charter schools are traditional and tap historic rural roots of public education. They give parents, students, and educators public school alternatives based on the idea that competition will bring educational innovations (Thomas, 1996). But there is potential for controversy, especially in poor rural communities with limited financial and educational resources to support additional schools. Since Minnesota passed the first charter school law in 1991, 32 other states and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation (Hirsch, 1998). The Center for Education Reform (1998) estimated 1,129 charter schools existed nationwide in September 1998. Most schools were in the South and West. Half were in three states: Arizona, California, and Michigan. Almost another quarter were in four other states: Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. While the number of charter schools has increased rapidly since 1991, these schools represented only about 0.5% of public school students in charter states during the 1996-1997 school year (RPP International, 1998). It is unclear how many were in rural areas.

13. MAPSA !! DOWNLOAD FLASH 6 Formed by a grassroots coalition of charter school leaders and supporters to represent their interests and serve as their united voice. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

14. About Charter Schools From The Center For Education Reform The Center for Education Reform tracks charter school grassroots efforts,legislation and laws, research, and how charter schools are improving academic http://edreform.com/charter_schools/

About Charter Schools from the Center for Education Reform Newswire - February 3, 2004 Choice Opponents, Step Aside ... Connecticut's Choice Proposal ... Award-Winning Charters ... Show of Strength in Mississippi ... Auto-Pilot ... Charter Voice on CA Board ... Building Excellent Schools Spare the School, Despoil the Child New York Post Editorial , January 30, 2004 "Because Reisenbach is a charter school, not a traditional public school, something can be done about its chronic and abysmal failures: It can be shut. SUNY trustees were asked to do just that. Instead, they punted." Newswire - January 27, 2004 A Bridge to a Charter School: City Offers Campus Space in Return for Assistance By Justin Blum , Washington Post , January 25, 2004 "What we're seeing now is a recognition that the District itself cannot handle . . . everything it needs to do by itself in a centralized way," said Jeanne Allen of the Center for Education Reform, a Washington-based group that supports charter schools. Charter Schools Highlights : As of January 2003, nearly 2,700 charter schools are operating in 36 states and the District of Columbia, serving over 684,000 students.

15. What Is A Charter School? charter schools create an alternative form of public schooling. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

16. NEA: Charter Schools NEA believes that charter schools and other nontraditional public school optionshave NEA s state affiliates have positions on charter schools that are http://www.nea.org/charter/

Home Issues in Education "No Child Left Behind"/ESEA Special Ed/IDEA ... Other Resources Charter Schools a new national study A new Department of Education study found that charter schools in five states were less likely than public schools to meet state performance standards. Voters in Washington state rejected charter schools for a third time, this time by an overwhelming 59 percent. NEA believes that charter schools and other nontraditional public school options have the potential to facilitate education reforms and develop new and creative teaching methods that can be replicated in traditional public schools for the benefit of all children. Whether charter schools will fulfill this potential depends on how charter schools are designed and implemented, including the oversight and assistance provided by charter authorizers. NEA's Policy on Charter Schools NEA's policy statement (accessible to NEA members only; registration required) sets forth broad parameters, and minimum criteria by which to evaluate state charter laws. For example: A charter should be granted only if the proposed school intends to offer an educational experience that is qualitatively different from what is available in traditional public schools.

17. The Heritage Foundation: Education Subject index of the think tank's policy papers on school choice, students' rights, charter schools, and other issues in U.S. education. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... Research The Heritage Foundation: Education Policy Archive: view by date Policy Archive: view by issue ... Events Build a new vision for America's 21st century schools in which every child has access to excellence in a competitive market of public, private, charter, and home schools. Sub-Issues Parental Choice Higher Education K-12 Recent Heritage Research: Meeting Emergency Education Needs After Katrina: Education Smart Cards for Displaced K-12 Students by Dan Lips September 15, 2005 (WebMemo #842) A simple plan to provide parents with choice and flexibility, while saving money. Federalism and Fiscal Responsibility: A Lesson in Civics Education by Matthew Spalding, Ph.D., and David J. Bobb August 3, 2005 (Backgrounder #1874) Congress should heed the President’s request to end federal funding for the ... What to Make of the New NAEP Scores? by Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jonathan Butcher July 18, 2005 (WebMemo #797) Applause is in order, but not a standing ovation. Choices in Education: 2005 Progress Report by Krista Kafer April 25, 2005 (Backgrounder #1848)

18. Center For Education Reform A new study from the Kauffman Foundation debunks the widespread belief among landlords and real estate lenders that charter schools are risky http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

19. Charter Friends National Network charter schools and IDEA A Commitment to Quality, Choice and Innovation Click here to view this new report http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

20. Thomas B. Fordham Foundation Supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform, as well as significant http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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