21. Masthead, The: Take A Close Look At Charter Schools Minnesota now has 69 charter schools. Each operates with the provisions of a Note that many minnesota charter schools pass their financial audits and http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3771/is_200204/ai_n9078518

@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 Masthead, The Spring 2002 Content provided in partnership with 10,000,000 articles Not found on any other search engine. Featured Titles for ASA News ASEE Prism Academe African American Review ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Take a close look at charter schools Masthead, The Spring 2002 by Locke, Deborah Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. SYMPOSIUM The state of education Charter schools are here to stay, but the lack of oversight in financial management is damaging their impact. Pick up many of the national survey stories on the U.S. charter school movement and you'll note that a paragraph or two always refer to Minnesota, birthplace of the first charter school law (1991) and charter school (1992). The stories generally assume an optimistic tone. Charter schools, unshackled from the horrendous restraints of "establishment" educators, are free, free, free to revolutionize public education! True believers of every stripe describe their vision of what taxpayer money, talent, and hope can do. You almost feel the quivering.

22. CSDC Archives minnesota charter schools Evaluation Final Report, which was released in April 1998, Based on experiences at 16 operating minnesota charter schools, http://www.csdc.org/bulletin/archive/studies/newness.html

Study: 'Newness' Problems Can Affect Charter Schools (Fall 1998) A study from the University of Minnesota suggests that, because starting new schools is so difficult, it may be unrealistic to try to use charter schools as an approach to systemic public school improvement. Minnesota Charter Schools Evaluation Final Report, which was released in April 1998, analyzes the characteristics of charter schools and their students but goes beyond the numbers to offer a number of sobering conclusions about the challenges to starting up charter schools, as well as recommendations for overcoming these obstacles. The report was done by the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota. Based on experiences at 16 operating Minnesota charter schools, the study finds that a lack of resources, difficulties in balancing planning and implementation, and pressures from external constituencies are a fact of life for most new charter schools, and even for some conversion schools. Newness is a problem, for example, when teachers have no "old hands" to turn to with problems or questions and no time-tested set of procedures to follow. Teachers' roles may be poorly defined, and the pressing nature of starting up often affords charter school teachers little time to discuss their work, the study finds. Inventing and learning new roles is difficult and inefficient, and long hours and hard work may not be enough to manage all the challenges that are part of building a new organization, especially when many charter school teachers are inexperienced, according to the report.

23. Educational Policy -- Sign In Page minnesota charter schools evaluation. Minneapolis University of Minnesota. Center for Education Reform. (2000). Charter schools today Changing the face of http://epx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/refs/17/3/317

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24. Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - SCHOOL REALLY MATTERS The Minnesota Charter School Resource Center provides information to all who find In coming weeks, will profile various minnesota charter schools. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=19404&sID=38

25. Charter Schools Blaze Trails, But Slowly Most of Minnesota s charter schools are not the paragons of innovation minnesota charter schools cannot raise tax money as local school districts can. http://www.augsburg.edu/education/edc480/charters/

Main Course Syllabus Supplementary Readings Learning Portfolio ... Miscellaneous Course Handouts and Other Items of Interest Charter schools blaze trails, but slowly Star Tribune Online Published Thursday, April 25, 1996 by Mary Jane Smetanka / Staff Writer Related Stories Four kids who are making it, thanks to charter schools What is a charter school? Community of Peace: Catholic school minus religion New Country School Fills a Gap...in education ... Charter schools in Minnesota Three years ago, Cedar-Riverside Community School was a beautiful dream, a place where poor children and kids who didn't speak English could grow and thrive in the cultural rainbow of their Minneapolis neighborhood. Today, the names on the kindergarten wall show a vision fulfilled: Lauren and Abdikadar go to school there, as do Ju Won, Taleisha, Hibo and Mohamed. But getting to this day was an ordeal the charter school's founders never dreamed of: 80-hour work weeks, the strain of managing classrooms, administration and finances at the same time, having to confront sticky personnel problems. Not to mention teaching.

26. Minnesota Association Of Charter Schools charter schools will be represented at the 2005 minnesota State Fair! The minnesota Association 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.

27. Minnesota Association Of Charter Schools General services are available to all charter schools, and some special services To find out more about the specific services offered by the minnesota http://www.mncharterschools.org/tech_specialed.htm

28. Resources On Minnesota Issues Charter Schools charter schools a guide to information resources compiled by the staff of the minnesota Legislative Reference Library. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/issues/charter.asp

Legislature Home Links to the World Help Advanced Search ... Statutes, Laws, and Rules Last reviewed December 2004 Resources on Minnesota Issues Charter Schools This guide is compiled by staff at the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library on a topic of interest to Minnesota legislators. It is designed to provide an introduction to the topic, directing the user to a variety of sources, and is not intended to be exhaustive. In particular, it is focused on items available in the Legislative Reference Library. The charter school movement began in 1988 when Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers President, called for the reform of the public schools by establishing 'charter schools'. The basic charter concept is simple: a group of teachers or other would-be educators apply for permission to open a school. The school operates under a "charter" or contract with the local school board or the state. Exempt from most state and local laws and regulations, the school must prove that students have gained the educational skills specified in that initial contract in order to renew the charter. The funding for charter schools parallels that of public schools. In 1991, Minnesota was at the forefront of the nation in passing legislation to create the first legislated charter school. This groundbreaking Minnesota law (

29. Links To The World - Education (K-12) Includes research reports and minnesota charter school profiles. minnesota Association of charter schools Information on minnesota s charter school http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/links/educat.asp

Legislature Home Links to the World Help Advanced Search ... Statutes, Laws, and Rules Links to the World Education (K-12) The sites listed on this page are not created, maintained, or endorsed by the Minnesota Legislature. Minnesota Information Federal Information Articles and Databases Organizations ... Standards and Testing Minnesota Information Association of Metropolitan School Districts (AMSD) The association represents twenty-six K-12 metropolitan school districts and three joint powers school districts in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI) Connecting the resources of the University of Minnesota with local, state, and national school improvement initiatives. Center for School Change A program of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Includes research reports and Minnesota charter school profiles Education Evolving "This site describes...generally approves and advocates...the quite radical changes now appearing in K-12 education". Education Minnesota Education Minnesota is the first merged state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association.

30. Minnesota Department Of Education The next due date for federal charter schools Program (CSP) Planning grant This minnesota state law allows high school juniors and seniors to take http://education.state.mn.us/html/intro_school_choice.htm

31. USCS - Minnesota Charter School Resource Center A resource center helping to start charter schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul.......minnesota charter School Resource Center http://www.uscharterschools.org/cs/r/view/uscs_sp/80

Home Login Register Advanced In This Section Resources Review Starting a Charter School Highlighted Resources State Organizations ... Search Resources Twelve studies find that overall gains in charter schools are larger than other public schools; four find charter schools’ gains higher in certain significant categories of schools; six find comparable gains; and, four find that charter schools’ overall gains lagged behind traditional schools. Source: Charter School Achievement: What We Know, July 2005 Update Minnesota Charter School Resource Center HHH Institute-Center for School Change University of Minnesota Humphrey Center 234, 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota  55455 Phone: Fax: URL: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/school-change/handbook/index.htm Description: A resource center helping to start charter schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Key Contacts Name Phone Email Cari Forman cforman@hhh.umn.edu Home Overview ... Resources See our and helpful details about this site

32. USCS: Minnesota Charter School Information minnesota Association of charter schools minnesota charter School Resource Center minnesota Department of Education http://www.uscharterschools.org/lpt/sp/8

Print This Page Return to Web Version Minnesota State Profile Last updated: Send USCS staff a comment about this page. List of Charter Schools For a list of schools, use the following link(s): Center for School Change Minnesota Association of Charter Schools Overview Year Law Passed # of Charter Schools # of Students Enrolled Statewide Support Organizations El Colegio Charter School Minnesota Association of Charter Schools Minnesota Charter School Resource Center Minnesota Department of Education News Title Date Charter Schools Continue to Grow in Minnesota New Busing Plan in St. Paul Could Threaten Futures of Several Charter Schools Resources Title Minnesota Sponsors Assistance Network Positive School Culture: How are Minnesota's Chartered Schools Doing? Ripples of Innovation: Charter Schooling in Minnesota, the Nation's First Charter School State Sponsoring Charters: A Resource Guide for Minnesota Chartering Agencies Legislative Summary Law: not available Amendment(s): not available Authorizers: MN charter law allows numerous agents local boards, intermediate school boards, public and private post-secondary institutions, and the State Board, upon appeal to authorize an unlimited number of charter schools. Length of charter: Caps on number of schools: none Funding: General purpose funding for charter schools may be less than funding for other public schools because charters do not have bonding authority and do not receive excess local levy aid. They do, however, receive funds to partially defray the cost of leasing school space. Charter schools are publicly funded.

33. The Role Of Charter School Sponsors And, according to the minnesota Association of charter schools, There are some good models our minnesota s charter school sponsors could learn from in http://www.charterfriends.org/role.html

Increased focus placed on the role of charter school sponsors by Jon Schroeder how they are funded, governed and staffed and how well they're doing at improving student achievement. charter school sponsors . Under each of the nation's 35 charter laws, school districts and other sponsors have the responsibility to both authorize and oversee these less-regulated, more-autonomous public schools. Growth despite continued reservations Increasing attention to oversight whether they should exist to what kind of oversight they should be given once approved. What needs to be done Legislative fixes School districts will and should continue to be the dominant source of sponsorship for charters. But, to ensure prompt and fair consideration of proposals, pending legislation should be approved that continues to increase the number and diversity of sponsors, ease appeals to the State Board, provide explicit funding for the cost of oversight and set deadlines for local board consideration and action. Oversight and renewal process All district and other sponsors should be encouraged to build on what's being done in St. Paul and Northfield, as well as other states like Colorado, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Explicit accountability procedures should be in place at the time charters are granted and be used to provide a basis for both ongoing oversight and eventual charter renewal. Early experience elsewhere suggests that a combination of internal and external assessments and site visits may work best.

34. Minnesota/MN Charter Schools - Public School Review A directory of minnesota/MN charter schools by county high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/state_charters/stateid/MN

home search schools school agency rankings town / county rankings ... Home Minnesota Charter Schools Minnesota charter schools are listed below. Minnesota Charter High Schools by County: County Town High School # Students 1. Anoka Anoka Pact Charter Secondary Anoka Coon Rapids Coon Rapids Learning Anoka Coon Rapids Coon Rapids Learning 2. Blue Earth Mankato Riverbend Academy Charter 3. Cass Pillager Pillager Area Charter 4. Douglas Osakis Lakes Area Charter 5. Hennepin Brooklyn Park Odyssey High School Hennepin Hopkins Hopkins Online Hennepin Maple Grove Sage Academy Charter Hennepin Minneapolis Communication Arts Sr. High Hennepin Minneapolis El Colegio Charter Hennepin Minneapolis Four Directions Charter Hennepin Minneapolis J E Johnson Elementary Hennepin Minneapolis Minnesota Transitions Hennepin Minneapolis Transitions Sr. High Hennepin Minneapolis Virtual High School Hennepin Minneapolis Watershed High 6. Lyon Balaton Yankton Country Charter 7. Olmsted Rochester Rochester Off-campus Charter High Olmsted Rochester Studio Academy Charter 8. Ramsey St. Paul Avalon Secondary Ramsey St. Paul

35. Charter Schools. ERIC Digest In 1991, minnesota adopted charterschool legislation to expand a longstanding charter schools in California, Colorado, and minnesota have had their 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).

36. Charter Schools: An Approach For Rural Education? ERIC Digest. Since minnesota passed the first charter school law in 1991, 32 other states and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation (Hirsch, 1998). 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.

37. All About Charter Schools InMinnesota: Charter Legislation And Law, Charter Scho ANTIcharter AGENDA minnesota school employees unions (the two of which united AWARD WINNING minnesota s charter school law was selected as one of ten http://edreform.com/charter_schools/states/minnesota.htm

Charter Schools in Minnesota Law: Passed in 1991 Rank : 2nd strongest of the nation's 40 charter laws CER Grade : A Schools Students POLITICS: HURDLE THIS: The Department of Children, Families and Learning (CFL) in Minnesota have decided to severely curtail the usefulness of the Federal Charter School Program Grant for that state’s charter schools. Despite guidance from the U.S. Department of Education to the contrary, the CFL has told charters that grant money can’t be used for most of the unavoidable start-up expenses that go with navigating the bureaucratic maze a school is asked to complete before it begins to serve students. The CFL’s unnecessarily restrictive guidelines make it seem like the department isn’t really focused on helping charter schools get off to healthy starts. From the June 2002 Monthly Letter 800-POUND GORILLA: While crisscrossing the country on charter visits, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige showed his commitment to educational alternatives and excellent schools ... including in St. Paul (MN), where he addressed parents and local leaders at the Academia Cesar Chavez charter school. This last visit was none-too-soon, as opponents there are pressing to reverse the charter trend that started in the land of 10,000 Lakes. The unions have proclaimed a dismantling of charter school as part of their legislative agenda (see below, for more), and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune newspaper has gotten into the act with a series of misleading and error-laden reports on charter schools.

38. Choosing A School In Minnesota - Minnesota - GreatSchools.net charter school enrollment is voluntary and is not governed by neighborhood and high school information for minnesota public, private and charter schools http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/mn/96/

Back to School Tips and Resources Change State Alabama Alaska Arkansas Arizona 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 DC West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming School Name or District and/or City Home Compare Schools My School List Back to School ... About Us Article Tools Print This Article Email This Article Sign-up For Newsletters Give Us Your Feedback Choosing a School in Minnesota (Page 1 of 5) To simplify the school choice process, you'll need to learn what to consider and how to evaluate your options. By GreatSchools.net Staff Click here to read this article in Spanish. Whether you are choosing a school for the first time for your child or your child is making the transition to a new school, you probably have many questions. What are your options? How much choice do you really have? What's the best option for your child and your family? Where should you begin? School choice options available to parents have increased dramatically in recent years. There's a growing national sentiment that promoting competition in public education may spur schools to improve and that parents who invest energy in choosing a school will continue to be involved in their child's education.

39. Rural Minnesota's Charter Schools -- Rural Policy Matters, Volume 2, Number 7 (J The minnesota charter law has helped small rural communities create new innovative schools, and retain strong public schools which otherwise were in danger http://www.ruraledu.org/rpm/rpm207b.htm

Home About Us Search Publications ... Practice Volume 2, Number 7 July 2000 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Colorado Charters: An Antidote for Consolidation? Rural Minnesota's Charter Schools Editor's Note on charter schools and the Rural Trust Charters:Raising Questions ... Archives Rural Policy Matters a newsletter of rural school and community action Rural Minnesota's Charter Schools The Minnesota charter law has helped small rural communities create new innovative schools, and retain strong public schools which otherwise were in danger of being consolidated. This would have forced youngsters to go many miles from home, and might well have been the end of their innovative practices. The Minnesota New Country School (MNCS) in Henderson, Minnesota is frequently cited as another example of a newly chartered school that is contributing to the economic vitality of its community as well as offering a distinctive educational choice for rural students. The school, started in 1994, is a secondary school, with a project-based curriculum serving 150 students, grades 7-12, who come from ten different districts. MNCS is located on the Main Street of Henderson, population 900. Many of the projects MNCS students complete are drawn from community resources and local folks contribute their talents and knowledge to help students. The study of local issues and natural resources is a major focus of the school. The discovery of deformed frogs near the school five years ago has resulted in a major research project and extended to other outdoor studies. The school has received several awards and much recognition for their research.

40. Minnesota's Legislation charter schools were intended to complement minnesota s parental choice system By spring 1993, more than 20 minnesota charter School proposals had been http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pbriefs/93/93-2mn.htm

NCREL's Policy Briefs Charter Schools: A New Breed of Public Schools Report 2, 1993 Pathways home page Contents Previous section ... Next section Minnesota's Legislation City Academy came into existence as a result of Minnesota's historic 1991 Charter School legislation, the first in the nation. The pioneering charter law called for up to eight teacher-created and -operated, outcome-based Charter Schools across the state that would be free of most state laws and state and local education rules. Renewable Minnesota charters would be granted for three years. In 1993, new Minnesota charter legislation authorized existing public schools to become charters if 90 percent of a school's teachers supported the action. A 1993 amendment now allows the state board to approve Charter Schools without local board approval in some situations. Choice Context The idea of Charter Schools arose, in part, out of the statewide debate over school choice. Between 1985 and 1988, Minnesota began to enhance its reputation as an educational innovator when it became the first state to pass statewide public school choice legislation. Minnesota legislators hoped that Charter Schools would expand the number of real educational choices available to students and their parents. Charter Schools were intended to complement Minnesota's parental choice system to create a choice option not dependent on vouchers. In spring 1993, Minnesota Governor Carlson sent legislators a letter urging them to "take the cap off" charter schools and authorize an unrestricted number. The legislature expanded the number of available statewide charters from 8 to 20. With this limit, the choice options still will not directly affect the vast majority of Minnesota students, but the legislation has opened the way for a school board on its own initiative to convert an existing school from administered to charter status.

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