1. Michigan Charter School Evaluation Michigan Charter School Evaluation The Evaluation Center Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 490085178 Tel (616) 387-5895 http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

2. Michigan Charter School Evaluation An Evaluation of the Michigan Charter School Initiative Performance, Accountability, and Impact Jerry Horn and Gary Miron The Evaluation Center http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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5. All About Charter Schools In Michigan Charter Legislation And RESOURCES Profile of Michigan Charter School Law . Links to Michigan Charter School Websites . http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

6. Michigan's Charter School Initiative From Theory To Practice Michigan.s Charter School Initiative From Theory to Practice Final Report February 1999 Prepared for Michigan Department of Education Prepared by http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

7. Reason Magazine April 1998 Leona Academies of East Lansing, Michigan; The Fenton Avenue Charter School in Los Angeles, with an enrollment that is nearly all poor, boosted http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

8. Charter Schools Home Page The Central Michigan University Charter Schools Office advances public education through its Charter School Study Not Such Bad News The spin http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

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10. Welcome To The National Charter Schools Week 2002 Web Site the Roxbury Prep Charter School hosted a visit by Assistant Secretary of Education Susan Neuman on April 30. ** In MICHIGAN , the Michigan http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. Michigan Charter School Evaluation The design and conduct of our evaluation meet the applicable standards of TheProgram michigan charter school Evaluation The Evaluation Center http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/charter/micharter.html

Executive Summary (25 pages) Text of the Report (120 pages) Appendices (58 pages) Metaevaluation Report (May 1999) The files are formatted for Acrobat Reader (*.pdf). You can download this shareware program by following the following link. 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. During the last three years, the number of charter schools (i.e., public school academies) in Michigan has grown rapidly and currently includes 106 operating schools across the state. The Evaluation Center is one of two organizations asked by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) to evaluate the charter school initiative in Michigan. While we have not been charged with the task of evaluating individual schools, we will collect a large amount of school-specific data from the 51 schools that we visit. In evaluating the overall initiative, we will collect data and information from charter schools, authorizing agencies, management companies, MDE officials, as well as representatives of traditional public schools and intermediate school districts. This particular evaluation was started in the autumn of 1997 and will be completed in December 1998. Description and Plan of Evaluation Research Instruments ... and Links We think our approach to this evaluation is rather unique. It is marked by the following characteristics and principles:

12. K-12 Curriculum Welcome to michigan s K12 Curriculum and standards web page. Migrant EducationProgram. • Public school Academies (charter schools) http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-28753---,00.html

Skip Navigation Michigan.gov Home MDE Home Site Map ... Keywords document.form2.SearchCriteria.size=10; Grade Level Content Expectations MI-Map Arts Career and Employability Skills ... [Text Version] Welcome to Michigan's K-12 Curriculum and Standards web page. Michigan's content standards are a set of learning expectations developed by parents, educators, business leaders and university professors to assist schools in the development of local district curricula. These standards and more detailed learning objectives called benchmarks are contained within the Michigan Curriculum Framework. In addition, Michigan has recently developed nationally recognized English Language Arts and Mathematics Grade Level Content Expectations (GLCE) providing K-8 educators with meaningful tools to better align what is taught with what is tested in the classroom. Standards for Teaching and Learning Grade Level Content Expectations New!! - Take the first step in joining the Grade Level Content Expectations Learning Community. Welcome to a growing network of educators from across the state of Michigan. This site now contains grade specific packets with links to grade specific GLCEs, parent documents, alignments to the MCF, and more! Social Studies GLCE English Language Proficiency K-12 Standards Michigan Curriculum Framework Career/Employability Standards ... National award-winning High Standards and Student Achievement Brochure for parents/educators.

13. No Child Puts Strain On Charters - 08/11/04 A michigan Department of Education analysis shows charter schools are more A school must meet standards for two consecutive years to be removed from the http://www.detnews.com/2004/schools/0408/11/b01-239149.htm

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14. CER Education Reform Newswire November 19, 2002: Information Crisis In Big City Tackles education reform issues, from school choice and charter schools to high standards In the past, michigan natives touted their high standards and http://edreform.com/update/2002/021119.html

Education Reform Newswire The latest news in education from The Center for Education Reform Subscribe Today! Vol. 4, No. 47 November 19, 2002 * HELP SOLVE THE INFORMATION CRISIS PLAGUING BIG CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS: New York City students apparently failed to give their parents or guardians the notices they were told to bring home that said they were eligible for federally-funded tutoring, according to a New York Times report on November 15. Most have missed the deadline, which is not hard to believe given the lack of information and communication on the part of the school system, which, like many, have had a hard time figuring out exactly what to do to get the word out. Los Angeles has had similar problems, to name just one other district. But rather than impose what appear to be arbitrary deadlines, wouldn't it be useful to allow students to access tutoring dollars on an ongoing basis so they can avail themselves of the help they need when they do find out about it? In a world where we know a lot about how to saturate people with messages, we're wondering whether or not there are results-oriented solutions that can help these cities figure out exactly how they can reach the vast majority of parents quicker and get these kids the help they need to succeed. Now's your chance to help children do better. Please send any suggestions for how schools can reach all of their families to

15. USCS - USCS NEW Reports And Research including higher percentages of charter school students meeting state standards, michigan charter school MEAP Information (State Assessment Results) http://www.uscharterschools.org/cs/r/query/q/1558?x-title=New Non-Federal Resear

16. USCS - Charter Schools Resource Update -- July 2005 michigan charter school MEAP Information (State Assessment Results) including higher percentages of charter school students meeting state standards, http://www.uscharterschools.org/cs/n/view/cs_bmsg/4011

Home Login Register Advanced In This Section Newsletters Subscribe On average, the funding gap between charter schools and traditional schools is 22 percent, or $1,800 per pupil. The average charter school ends up with a total funding shortfall of nearly half a million dollars. Source: Charter School Funding: Inequity’s Next Frontier Charter Schools Resource Update July 2005 GOVERNANCE Creating the Capacity for Change This book, by Ted Kolderie, one of America's foremost charter school pioneers, explains why governors' and legislatures' efforts to open a new-schools sector is imperative for public education. The author argues that states need to move beyond trying to fix their broken systems of education the "old public-utility model" which is beholden to special interests and focus reform efforts squarely on creating new public schools (charter schools, contracted schools, and site-managed schools). He encourages state policymakers to provide real incentives for districts to change, and recommends that district leaders stop thinking of themselves as the owners and operators of schools, and start thinking of themselves as the "education board" overseeing and managing a portfolio of individually-operated public schools. Nurturing "Green," High Performance Charter Schools Conference

17. Charter Schools As Change Agents If a charter school does not achieve its performance standards, michigan,noted that many of the students applying to charter schools weren t that http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pbriefs/97/97-1chg.htm

NCREL's Policy Publications Charter Schools in Our Midst: Charter Schools as Change Agents: Will They Deliver? Previous section Next section Contents Pathways ... home page by Nancy Fulford, Lenaya Raack, and Gail Sunderman of the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory Charter school advocates argue that these schools will lead to innovations in school management, curriculum, and instructional practice. In turn, they believe that these innovations will spread to traditional public schools. State legislation often reflects this expectation that charter schools will act as agents of change for other schools. Minnesota's charter legislation calls for the development of schools that "encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods." Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson in 1993 urged the adoption of charter school legislation "to give school districts and teachers flexibility in designing innovative schools." Charter schools also are expected to serve students who are having difficulty in the traditional public school system, including students who have already dropped out. Under Illinois's charter legislation, a top priority for charter schools is dealing with the problems of at-risk students that the system as a whole has been unsuccessful in solving. Charter schools are expected to develop "innovative educational techniques and programs" for teaching these students. Whether charter school innovations will be adopted by traditional public schools is part of the larger question of how innovations diffuse throughout a school system. In his book

18. Education And Urban Society -- Sign In Page standardsbased reform and the charter movement in 1998-1999 An analysis of What s public about michigan s charter schools Lessons from school reform http://eus.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/35/4/462

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19. AYP For Charter School Management Companies? (AP) — Six companies responsible for teaching 17000 michigan s charter school The students at these schools often fall far below minimum standards in http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/10-03/AP10-26-03.html

Early On Lead Poisoning Positive Behavior Support No Child Left Behind ... LDA of Michigan Where to find help for a child in Michigan Anywhere in the U.S. , or Canada What's New? Help Text Menu ... Translate Last Updated: Article of Interest - Charter Schools Print er-friendly Version AYP for Charter School Management Companies? Schools managed by six companies fail to perform as well as low-scoring traditional public schools. The Associated Press, October 26, 2003 For more articles like this visit http://www.bridges4kids.org LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Six companies responsible for teaching 17,000 Michigan's charter school students fail to produce test scores that match even low-scoring traditional public schools, records show. The companies manage about $123.7 million in tax money each year. The low-performing companies include three of the biggest for-profit charter school managers in the state, The Detroit News said Sunday.

20. Welcome To Bridges4kids.org! from eight charter schools, all of which are meeting state standards of michigan Public school Academies (charter schools) Q A click here (PDF). http://www.bridges4kids.org/Charter-Private.html

Early On Lead Poisoning Positive Behavior Support No Child Left Behind ... LDA of Michigan Where to find help for a child in Michigan Anywhere in the U.S. , or Canada What's New? Help Text Menu ... Translate Last Updated: Charter Private , and Alternative Schools Begin by choosing a section below: Click here to submit a school to our list Articles Related to Charter , Alternative News About Vouchers Michigan Charter School Information Private School Review This website lets you find free, detailed profiles of private schools and their surrounding communities. Use the tables to browse schools in each state. You can also use the different forms to find nearby private schools, or housing data about areas in your state! Full Text of Michigan Rules and Regulations Governing Private Schools and Home Schools - click here Search for a private school in your area - click here Year 2004 Tax Benefits for Parents of Children with Disabilities This guide from Schwab Learning provides a brief summary of the most significant tax benefits and should not be considered legal advice. Tax decisions should not be made simply on the basis of the information provided here. You are advised to print out this guide and give a copy to your tax advisor.

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