101. Summit Charter School One of the state's 36 original charter schools serves kindergarten through 8th grade. Features faculty and staff, athletics, policies and procedures, calendar, and FAQs. http://www.summitschool.org/

102. THE JOSIAH BARTLETT CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY Nonpartisan think tank group focused on state and local public policy issues that affect the quality of life of New Hampshire's citizens. Also serves as a clearinghouse for information on charter schools. http://www.jbartlett.org/

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105. NYC Dept. Of Ed. Default charter schools also bring new leaders, resources, and ideas into public List of all New York City charter schools, with links to school websites and http://www.nycenet.edu/OurSchools/Region84/

SITE MAP CONTACT US Monday, September 19, 2005 Search DOE Home Page Our Schools Charter Schools Parents ... About the DOE Find a School Zip Code OR School Name or Number Advanced Search Learning Support Centers Regions and Schools Contact Information Office of School Support Services Charter Schools Kristen Kane Chief Executive, Office of New Schools Message from the Chief Executive In December 1998 the New York State legislature passed the New York State Charter Schools Act. The goal of this act is to provide opportunities for teachers, parents, and community members to establish independent and autonomous public schools in order to improve student learning and achievement; increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at-risk of academic failure; encourage use of different and innovative teaching methods; create new professional opportunities for teachers, school administrators, and other school personnel. Charter schools offer an important opportunity to promote educational innovation and excellence. Charter schools also bring new leaders, resources, and ideas into public education. And as part of the Department of Education's overall reform strategy, charter schools are valued as another important way to deliver a quality education to students.

106. Hickman Community Charter District, Striving To Inspire Students To Learn And Gr Public school district serving grades K8, with emphasis on charter schools and home schooling. http://www.hickman.k12.ca.us/

Web Mail API Reports Directions H ickman School District joined the Charter world in 1994 when it sponsored a start-up school, Hickman Charter School. Hickman Charter School is a "university model" which blends the best of study at home with on-site classes and online programs. It was created in response to parents who were looking for high quality individualized options for their children and teachers who recognized that the traditional system does not meet the needs of all children. After witnessing the success of the Hickman Charter School students, along with the positive power of the parent/staff collaboration, both the district's Elementary (K-5) and Middle School (6-8) chose to embrace the possibilities charter status could afford. Charter status empowered us to better meet the challenge of proactively aligning our education with California State Standards while valuing and supporting the diverse needs of all students. Thus, in 2000 both schools converted to charter status. The validation of this decision to convert to charter status was evidenced when the middle school was awarded Distinguished School status in 2003 and the elementary school qualified as a Distinguished School nominee in 2004. Since there are just 3 schools in the district, once all were charter, we became the Hickman Community Charter

107. A National Leader In Providing Credit Enhancement & Non-profit Development To Ch CSDC s Showcase NonProfit Development Project - Kingsman Charter School Campus Welcome to the charter schools Development Corporation s (CSDC) website! http://www.csdc.org/

CSDC Home About Us Staff Leaders ... Contact Us "While Bank One provided the bulk of the financing, CSDC's involvement proved critical to completing the transaction." - Christian Bowers, Vice President and Business Banking Manager for Bank One regarding the acquisition loan for Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, AZ. Just Released: Kauffman Foundation Study Debunks Charter School Real Estate Risk . . . Visit our National Links page for more information. Featured Program CSDC's Showcase Non-Profit Development Project - Kingsman Charter School Campus, Washington, DC On September 24, 2003, Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Nina Rees, along with DC Mayor Anthony Williams, officially opened and dedicated the Richard E. Thompson Kingsman Charter School Campus in Northeast, DC. The ribbon-cutting event celebrated the first of its kind turn-key facilities development project for the Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC). MORE Welcome to the Charter Schools Development Corporation's (CSDC) website! CSDC is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) District of Columbia non-profit corporation and national leader in promoting excellence, innovation and parental choice in public education by assisting public charter schools with the acquisition and financing of educational facilities and related capital improvements. CSDC's programs and services have made over 771,000 square feet of educational space available to charter schools.

108. District Locator charter schools TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 20052006 SCHOOL YEAR Aldo Leopold CharterSchool - Silver Charter School 37 -Santa Fe http://www.sde.state.nm.us/districts/alphacharter.html

Contact information for New Mexico schools is available in the form of alphabetical listings and district contact information pages. New Mexico Charter Schools by Alphabetical Order Academia de Lengua y Cultura Albuquerque Academy for Technology and the Classics Santa Fe Alma D' Arte Charter High School Las Cruces Amistad Charter School Clayton Amy Biehl Charter High Albuquerque Anansi Charter School Taos Bridge Academy, The Las Vegas City Cesar Chavez Community School Albuquerque Charter Vo-Tech Center Albuquerque Charter Vocational High School Albuquerque Cottonwood Valley Charter School Socorro Creative Education Preparatory Institute #1 Albuquerque Creative Education Preparatory Institute #2 Albuquerque East Mountain High Albuquerque Espanola Military Academy Espanola Horizon Academy Northwest Albuquerque Horizon Academy South Albuquerque Horizon Academy Technology and Arts Albuquerque Horizon Academy West Albuquerque Jefferson Montessori Academy Carlsbad La Academia de Esperanza Albuquerque La Academia De Idiomas Y Cultura Las Cruces Lacy Simms Middle School Alamogordo Los Puentes Charter Albuquerque Middle College High School Academy Gallup Monte Del Sol Charter School Santa Fe Montessori of the Rio Grande - Albuquerque Moreno Valley High School Cimarron

109. Chicago Public Schools charter schools are public schools, open to all children residing in There are20 charter schools currently operating in Chicago as well as the 3 new http://www.cps.k12.il.us/schools/Charter/charter.html

CHARTER SCHOOLS OFFICE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Genita C. Robinson, Director 125 S. Clark Street, 5th Floor Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone: 773.553.1535 Fax: 773.553.1559 Email: lklikuszewski@cps.k12.il.us Select a Charter School Academy of Communications and Technology Alain Locke Charter Academy Architecture, Construction, and Engineering Technical Charter High School (ACE Tech) ASPIRA Charter School Betty Shabazz International Charter School Chicago International Charter School The Chicago Mathematics and Science Academy (CMSA) Erie Elementary Charter School Galapagos Charter School KIPP Ascend Academy Lawndale Educational and Regional Network (L.E.A.R.N.) Charter School Legacy Charter School Namaste Charter School Noble Street Charter High School North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School Passages Charter School Perspectives Charter School United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) Charter School University of Chicago Charter School Youth Connection Charter School What is a charter school?

110. The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining The Evidence On Enrollment And Achievement Ageof-school influences on charter school student achievement In fact, thereis evidence that the average impact of charter schools is negative. http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/book_charter_school

EPI home search bookstore newsroom ... join EPI RELATED PUBLICATIONS Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry, 1979-2004 Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education Advantage None: Re-Examining Hoxby's Finding of Charter School Benefits Do charter schools cut it? No ... Exceptional Returns: Economic, Fiscal, and Social Benefits of Investment in Early Childhood Development BROWSE OTHER ARTICLES BY Martin Carnoy Rebecca Jacobsen Lawrence Mishel Richard Rothstein ... Purchase The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the evidence on enrollment and achievement online. For a printer-friendly version of this report, download an Acrobat PDF version of this paper Email This Page Printer friendly version. The Charter School Dust-Up Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement Martin Carnoy, Rebecca Jacobsen, Lawrence Mishel, and Richard Rothstein About the authors Purchase this book from EPI (or purchase from  TC Press Materials for news media: News release Fact sheet Jump to:  Table of Contents Introduction and Summary This book's table of contents and introduction also available in PDF format Listen to a March 30 national news conference call with the authors Table of contents Introduction and summary Chapter 1. The reaction to the AFT's report on charter school scores

111. NC Office Of Charter Schools The North Carolina Office of charter schools has been moved to a new location.Please change your bookmark to http//www.ncpublicschools.org/charter_schools http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/charter_schools/maincharter.html

Curriculum Publication Sales Education Initiatives Agency Web Sites ... NC Schools Listing Please Note The North Carolina Office of Charter Schools has been moved to a new location. Please change your bookmark to http://www.ncpublicschools.org/charter_schools/ You will be redirected to the new page in five seconds. Search Contact Us North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 301 N. Wilmington St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: 919-807-3300 Driving Directions

112. EMSC - Charter Schools The State Education Department has prepared a Charter School Application Guide Potential charter school applicants and entities are encouraged to attend http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/topics/charter.html

Our Office Charter Schools Contact Us Directory Publications School District Info ... Return to the Home Page On December 18, 1998, the State Legislature enacted the "New York Charter Schools Act of 1998," and Governor Pataki has signed the legislation. List of Approved Charter Schools NYC Charter School Info The New York City Board of Education has established a web site for information about charter schools at http://www.nycenet.edu/newschools/charter.htm Information Package As a service to individuals interested in knowing more about the charter schools law, the State Education Department has prepared an information package. The information package comprises three documents in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format a summary of the law a copy of Article 56, the charter schools law ; and a question and answer document that anticipates and responds to a number of questions about the law The State Education Department has prepared a Charter School Application Guide . The purpose of the guide is to identify the information that those who wish to submit charter school applications will need to provide. Applicants are encouraged to review the guide carefully. The more thought and planning that can be devoted to an application, the more likely an approved charter school will be successful.

113. Pennsylvania Charter Schools Study Home Currently, a total of 90 charter schools are in operation. The Initial Study ofPennsylvania charter schools was commissioned by The Pennsylvania Department http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/charter/pacharter.html

About the Evaluation Evaluation Questions Methodology Research Instruments ... Five Year Evaluation Report, 2002 Pennsylvania Charter School Evaluation Charter schools offer students alternative and diverse educational programs, with the goal of improving academic achievement. The intention behind this new form of public schooling is that by providing further autonomy to schools, they can pursue innovative teaching practices and create a diversity of school options from which parents can choose. In Pennsylvania, charter school legislation was approved in 1997. Six charter schools were approved to operate in 1997 and the the total number grew to 31 during the following school year. Currently, a total of 90 charter schools are in operation. The Initial Study of Pennsylvania Charter Schools was commissioned by The Pennsylvania Department of Education commissioned The Evaluation Center to conduct an initial 17 month study of charter schools in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, the Department of Education commissioned us to conduct the legislatively mandated 5 year evaluation, which was completed in October 2002. In 2003, The Evaluation Center will complete the last report which will focus on areas that require further study.

114. NY GOVERNOR PATAKI Pataki proposed and won enactment of the New York State charter schools Actof 1998. Public charter schools have five distinguishing characteristics http://www.state.ny.us/governor/brieftoc.htm

PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK STATE Creating new public schools with greater accountability, greater flexibility and less bureaucracy to help children learn Additional funding alone cannot and will not ensure excellence and equity in education. To improve schools, New York must find ways to expand the opportunities within public education, encourage competition, and promote innovation. To that end, Governor Pataki proposed and won enactment of the New York State Charter Schools Act of 1998. Public charter schools have five distinguishing characteristics: They are public schools, funded with public dollars and fully accountable to the public. In fact, accountability is so high that a school that fails to meet its stated goals for academic achievement and fiscal responsibility can be closed. They are created by parents, educators, or civic or community groups who can meet qualifications and agree to reach specified pupil achievement goals. They operate free from the bureaucracy that frequently stifles innovation and cripples learning. In exchange for this autonomy and bureaucratic freedom, public charter schools are held to a higher level of accountability than district schools. They operate on a five-year license, and must demonstrate success in order for that license to be renewed.

115. New Research Brings Good News About Charter Schools charter schools are succeeding in their mission to provide an In other words,charter schools are pulling away from public schools in terms of http://www.heritage.org/Research/Education/wm622.cfm

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... Education New Research Brings Good News About Charter Schools Policy Archive: view by date Policy Archive: view by issue ... Return Home New Research Brings Good News About Charter Schools by Jennifer A. Marshall and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D. WebMemo #622 Findings from the Hoxby Study shows that charter school students are more likely to be proficient in math and reading than students in the nearest comparable public school . Overall, charter students have proficiency rates that are 5.2 percent higher than their public school counterparts in reading and 3.2 percent higher in math. Many charter schools in minority and high-poverty areas show even greater achievement gains . For example, students of charter schools in Hispanic areas have a 7.6 percent advantage in reading, and charters in African-American areas have a 4.5 percent advantage, compared to a 4.2 percent advantage for students in charter schools in other areas. Similarly, students at charters in high-poverty areas have a reading proficiency advantage of 6.5 percent, compared with a 2.6 percent advantage for students in other charter schools. This suggests that charter schools have the most promise in the areas that have the greatest need for innovative educational reforms. The Hoxby Study in Context of the Current Debate Charter schools typically target disadvantaged populations. Well-heeled parents in higher-achieving locales are often content with the schools their children attend. Charter schools are most popular, however, where local public schools have failed their students. Therefore, comparing traditional public schools, which serve a broad student body, and charter schools, which typically serve targeted or disadvantaged populations, reveals no more than comparing apples to oranges.

116. CNN.com - Trouble For First N.Y. Charter Schools - Jan. 13, 2004 CNN http://cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/01/13/charter.schools.ap/index.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Autos SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters Your E-mail Alerts RSS ... Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com Trouble for first N.Y. charter schools Story Tools RELATED Charter Schools Institute YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Follow the news that matters to you. Create your own alert to be notified on topics you're interested in. Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. Manage alerts What is this? ALBANY, New York (AP) None of the first three charter schools in New York has been recommended for full renewal and one could be closed, the state's Charter Schools Institute said Monday. In its harshest assessment, the institute at the State University of New York, which approved the original charters under the five-year-old state charter school law, found that the John A. Reisenbach Charter School in New York City "is not an academic success, that it is not an effective, viable organization, and that its fiscal soundness is marginal." The institute recommended that one of the two other schools close its seventh and eighth grades and that the other be renewed for two years instead of the full five. It based its recommendations to be considered by the university's board of trustees on site visits, enrollment, and various achievement and assessment tests. "Certainly, initially, this has to be discouraging to charter school advocates," said David Ernst of the state School Boards Association, which is seeking a moratorium on charter schools. The association and teachers unions say charter schools, created as an alternative to failing public schools, are a drain on critical funding.

117. Charter Schools This report describes recent patterns of racial enrollments in private K12schools in the United States. http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/deseg/CharterSchools.php

Email to a Friend Research K-12 Education Desegregation July 10, 2002 Charter Schools And Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education By Erica Frankenberg and Chungmei Lee CONVENINGS The Resegregation of Southern Schools? On August 30, 2002, CRP held the above conference on the resegregation of southern schools Sean and John were among the speakers and contributed two papers on segregation trends and integration in southern public schools. RESEARCH Race in American Public Schools On August 8, 2002, we released a major national study on the resegregation of public schools . Based on 2000 data, the analysis concentrated on the 239 school districts and found that virtually all school districts analyzed are becoming more segregated for black and Latino students. Foreword By Gary Orfield The justification for segregated schools as places of opportunity is basically a Unfortunately, despite claims by charter advocates, there is no systematic research or data that show that charter schools perform better than public schools. Since charter schools embody wildly different educational approaches and since charter and public schools obtain their enrollment in very different ways, evaluation and comparisons between the two require very careful analysis. At a minimum, it is certainly safe to say that there is little convincing evidence for the superiority of charter schools over public schools in the same areas. In fact, some of the studies suggest that charter schools are, on average, even weaker.

118. CNN.com - Study: Charter Schools Score Below Public - September 5, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/fyi/teachers.ednews/09/03/charter.schools.ap/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Danish Japanese Korean Arabic Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Study: Charter schools score below public WASHINGTON (AP) Students in charter schools, often seen as an alternative to failing neighborhood schools, are scoring significantly below public school pupils in basic reading and math skills, a new study shows. Charter school students were anywhere from a half year to a full year behind their public school peers, researchers at the Brookings Institution concluded after reviewing 1999-2000 reading and math achievement test scores of 376 charter schools in 10 states. The study, the first independent snapshot of charter school performance across the nation, found that 59 percent of students at traditional public schools scored better than charter school students during the period studied. The findings don't necessarily reflect poorly on charter schools, which often attract students who are looking for a way to improve their skills, the authors caution. EXTRA INFORMATION BACK TO SCHOOL Teacher of the Year: 'I love what I do' In a few states, such as Texas, these schools actively seek out such pupils, said Tom Loveless, a senior fellow at the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, a liberal-oriented think tank here. "They're out looking for kids who are low-achieving," he said.

119. Charter Schools charter schools and Race A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education charter schools and Inequality National Disparities in Funding, Teacher Quality, http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Educational_Management/Educati

Printer friendly text Home Educational Management Education Reform Charter Schools Archived Responses Internet Sites Archived Responses: * What are charter schools? http://eduref.org/cgi-bin/printresponses.cgi/Virtual/Qa/archives/ Educational_Management/Charter_Schools/charterschools.html Internet Sites: * "High-Stakes": Public Impact’s National Study of Charter School Accountability "This website presents results and information from a two-year national charter school accountability study conducted by researchers from Public Impact with funding from the Smith Richardson Foundation." http://blueweb.qblue.com/publicimpact/start.php3?page=high-stakes/welcome.php * Charter Schools and Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education This report looks at only one aspect of the charter school story—whether or not these schools offer a less segregated experience than the public schools to the increasing numbers of students they serve. http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/deseg/CharterSchools.php * Charter Schools and Inequality: National Disparities in Funding, Teacher Quality, and Student Support (April 2003) Based on national data, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) presents this report on charter school inequities. Major findings are discussed within the following three areas: disparities linked to charter school type; disparities linked to the ethnic make-up of schools; and gaps between charter and regular public schools.

120. CNN - California Study Raises Doubts About Charter Schools - December 3, 1998 CNN http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/03/charter.schools/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: California study raises doubts about charter schools December 3, 1998 Web posted at: 8:34 p.m. EST (0134 GMT) LOS ANGELES (CNN) Problems in measuring student improvement are keeping charter schools from living up to the promise held out by their supporters, according to a California university study released Thursday. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that most charter schools don't have ways to measure how much their students have improved. School districts have been unsure how to gauge and hold charter schools accountable for students' academic performance, researchers said. And the schools rarely provide clear outlines of their goals and how performance will be measured, they added. The researchers also said that charter schools have too much control over who they admit and are not required to reflect the racial mix of their districts.

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