61. K12 : Participating Schools - Virtual Academy, Virtual School, Charter School, A The minnesota Virtual Academy has transitioned to an independent K12 curriculum 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.

62. Links Includes reseach reports and minnesota charter school profiles. charter schools The minnesota Legislature s House Research Department has created http://www.grants.spps.org/Links.html

home Who We Are Partnerships Links ... Print View Links Minnesota Information 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 reseach reports and Minnesota charter school profiles Education Minnesota Education Minnesota is the first merged state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. Financing Education in Minnesota, 2003-2004 A publication of the Minnesota House of Representatives Fiscal Analysis Department. Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation (MAEF) Uses business, government, and education resources to promote academic excellence in Minnesota's elementary and secondary schools. Minnesota Department of Education Minnesota Academic Standards Read the standards documents and learn about the standards committee process. Minnesota Statewide Assessment System A variety of information, including test results for the Basic Skills tests and the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments.

63. Public Charter Schools May Represent The Next Generation Of Education The first charter schools were founded in minnesota in 1992. The Wisconsin Legislature paved the way for charters by establishing standards for student http://www.weac.org/GreatSchools/Economy/2003-04/Still-9-14-03.htm

INSIDE WISCONSIN Public charter schools may represent the next generation of education innovation GREAT SCHOOLS News and feature articles Great Schools background Parents Place ... ONLINE SERVICES By Tom Still For more than 10 years, private school "choice" has been at the core of the debate over the future of education. Do students learn and perform better if they're allowed to attend private schools with the help of vouchers paid for with public tax dollars? The performance evidence is mixed and the social debate is divisive because so many people are philosophically opposed to diverting tax dollars from public schools to private institutions. But what if more students had the ability to choose how they learn within the public school system? Would that improve the state of American education? Although they serve only a fraction (684,000) of the nation's public school students, about 2,700 charter schools exist in nearly 40 states. They challenge traditional notions of what public education means – without throwing out the "public" part of the term.

64. More On Charter Schools (Full Text) What is the status of charter schools in the WestEd region and actoss the country? California and minnesota, had passed charter school legislation. http://www.wested.org/policy/pubs/full_text/pb_ft_more.htm

More on Charter Schools Kyo Yamashiro and Lisa Carlos, 1995 Table of Contents: Introduction What constitutes a charter school? What do supporters of charter schools argue? What do opponents of charter schools argue? ... State Charter School Contacts Introduction: The charter school movement is one of the fastest growing education reforms of the Nineties. In 1992, only two states, California and Minnesota, had passed charter school legislation. By the end of 1995, 19 states had charter school laws in place and at least 16 others had considered similar legislation. At the federal level, Congress passed legislation in 1994 authorizing grants to support states' charter school efforts. Despite such popular interest, fewer than 250 charter schools are currently operating nationwide. Whether this small but growing number of schools will lead to greater innovation and influence the systemwide transformation of public education remains to be seen. Below is a summary of the issues surrounding charter schools and the implications of recent research about the future of this movement. What constitutes a charter school?

65. Nick Coleman Gold Coast Charter Fails; Schools Don T But minnesota s Constitution prohibits tax dollars for sectarian schools. charter schools are multiplying faster than kids who don t get abstinence http://www.startribune.com/stories/357/5487517.html

66. CSDC - Success Stories St. Paul, minnesota. CSDC was approached by two startup charter schools in St. charter schools in minnesota are not permitted by state law to own their http://www.csdc.org/programs/stories/turnkey.php

CSDC as Turn-Key Facilities Provider St. Paul, Minnesota CSDC was approached by two start-up charter schools in St. Paul, MN to purchase, develop and lease-back with a purchase option a former office building which would be a suitable permanent home for one of the tenants. Both schools have the support of the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey Center for School Change under Joe Nathan’s leadership, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. For the better part of 2003-2004, both schools have been unsuccessful in finding an appropriate facility in which to begin operations in the fall of 2004. However, recently they gained some hope when they identified a former office building for sale in a section of St. Paul which would serve as an ideal site for both schools to co-locate in their start-up years. Great River School will begin operations with 100 students and will be one of the first Montessori high schools in the country. Great River will also be the sole tenant after two years, at which point they will have an exclusive purchase option. Augsburg Academy for Health Careers intends to open in the fall with 35-50 students and will focus on the health sciences. Both schools are currently in the process of student and teacher recruitment. Recognizing that the purchase and build-out costs would be too great for either school on its own, they turned to CSDC for help. Charter schools in Minnesota are not permitted by state law to own their own real estate, and if they do, will sacrifice a rent subsidy/facility allowance provided by the state in the form of Lease Aid. The Lease Aid program provides a payment to each school equal to 90% of its annual base (triple net) rent expense, up to a maximum of $1,560 per high school student (both schools are high schools). As a result, many charter schools must devote time and resources to establishing separate 501 (c)(3) organizations for the sole purpose of owning and leasing a facility to the charter school. CSDC’s involvement in this transaction allows the schools to instead devote those limited resources to student and teacher recruitment, while ensuring that they are eligible for Lease Aid and, more importantly, pay fair market rental rates.

67. Rural Cooperatives Magazine January/February 2001 minnesota teachers coop serves rural charter schools This can be especially difficult since charter schools deal with twice as much paperwork as do http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/jan01/edvis.htm

EdVisions Minnesota teachers' co-op serves rural charter schools by Katherine L. Hanson, Education Specialist USDA Rural Development I n Minnesota, a group of teachers and education professionals has turned to a cooperative in an attempt to improve accountability for student performance and overall school success. Its members are seeking alternatives to the existing framework of traditional educational governance and structure through a teachers' cooperative. They have taken control of their instructional programs and professional futures. In 1994, a group of educators at the Minnesota New Country School (MNCS) in the Minnesota River Valley, took these goals to heart by forming EdVisions Teacher Cooperative. MNCS was originally located in three storefront buildings in the sponsoring district of LeSueur-Henderson, about 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis. The school opened its doors with 65 students, and has since increased its enrollment to 130 students in grades 7-12. The increased enrollment forced MNCS officials to relocate from LeSueur to a new, $1.2 million facility in Henderson. The new building was the result of a partnership between USDA Rural Development and local investors. It is no coincidence that MNCS is an innovative public charter school enjoying substantial success in terms of state-measured student achievement. The MNCS teachers were confident their approaches to teaching would make a difference, and they were eager to have more control over the educational process.

68. Charter School Authorizers | NW Report: May-August 2003 charter schoolsnonsectarian public schools operating under a contractnow Nathan, of the Center for School Change at the University of minnesota, http://www.nwrel.org/nwreport/2003-05/

What's Inside: Front Page Charter School Authorizers Features Native Math and Science: Programs Explore Ways of Knowing Out-of-School Time Program Evaluation: Assessing What Works English Language Learners: Strategies and Resources for Mainstream Teachers Tools To Develop Better Writers ... Web Site Looks at Open Source Pros and Cons Conference News Conference Call What's New on the Web www.nwrel.org Order Document Order Form Products Catalog Online Flashback Pictures from past events Credits Credits Charter School Authorizers Facing a twisting road without a map by Rhonda Barton With that explosive growth has come added pressure on authorizers, the individuals responsible for granting, renewing, and revoking charters between schools and authorizing bodies such as local school districts, state education agencies, and universities. While extensive research has been conducted on charter school performance, relatively little attention has been focused on the role of the authorizer or sponsor in ensuring success. Sharing information about the charter idea Providing information to prospective applicants Assessing charter proposals Approving some proposals and giving feedback to others that are denied Monitoring charters that have been approved Determining whether to renew the charter agreement after a set period of years Helping strengthen public education in the area it serves, whether a district, state, or region

69. TPT - Minnesota Channel The minnesota Association of charter schools (MACS) is a nonprofit, membership organization that was established in 1997. With a mission to advance quality http://www.tpt.org/mnchannel/partner.php?id=337

70. Charter Schools: 13 Years And Still Growing [Mackinac Center For Public Policy] Nathan, who helped design minnesota s charter school law in 1991 — the nation’s first — said, There are some terrific district schools, but parents of http://www.mackinac.org/7087

@import url('/include/css/L2IE-base.css'); Home Mackinac Center Home Advanced Search Media Services ... Why Contribute Posted: May 3, 2005 Advanced Search Mr. Brian L. Carpenter Universal Tuition Tax Credits are the best way to advance school choice Is the Michigan Education Association helping or hurting schools and students? ... With Clear Eyes, Sincere Hearts and Open Minds Charter Schools: 13 Years and Still Growing (This week is the sixth annual " National Charter Schools Week ." The article below originally appeared in the May 1 School Reform News , published by The Heartland Institute , based in Chicago.) Charter schools — those public schools that must recruit students and fulfill the terms of a contract or risk losing state funding — continue to grow nationwide, both in number and in enrollment. According to the Center for Education Reform , more than 400 charter schools were started in 32 states in the 2004-2005 school year — a dramatic 15 percent nationwide increase over the previous school year. Joe Nathan, director of the University of Minnesota’s

71. Employer-Linked Charter School Initiative - OverView His involvement in charter schools began with minnesota s passage of the nation s first charter law in 1991. At that time, he was policy director and senior http://www.cew.wisc.edu/charterSchools/participants.asp

CONTENTS Home Resources Highlighted Practices School Profiles ... Contact Us PARTICIPANTS Participating Schools Advisory Panel Contributing Organizations Staff PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS Field Study Schools 2555 Clovis Avenue Clovis, CA 93612 Tel: 559-248-7400 Fax: 559-248-7401 Web Site: http://www.cart.org César Chávez Public Charter High School for Public Policy 1346 Florida Avenue NW (2nd Floor) Washington DC, 20009 Tel: 202-387-6980 Fax: 202-387-7808 Web site: http://www.cesarchavezhs.org Henry Ford Academy PO Box 1148 20900 Oakwood Boulevard Dearborn, MI 48121-1148 Tel: 313-982-6200 FAX: 313-982-6195 Web Site: http://www.hfacademy.org Indian River Charter High School 6055 College Lane Vero Beach, FL 32966 Tel: 561-667-6600 Fax: 561-567-2288 Web site: http://www.irchs.org

72. National Charter Schools - Minnesota - Massachusetts Department Of Education Bill Allen charter schools Coordinator minnesota Dept. of Education Capitol Square Building Saint Paul, MN 55101 (612) 2964213 Fax (612) 297-5695 http://www.doe.mass.edu/charter/directory/mn.html

State Government State Services Select Program Area DOE HOME Advisory Councils Board of Education Career/Vocational Technical Education Charter Schools Compliance/Monitoring Curriculum Frameworks/Institutes Early Learning Services Education Reform Educational Technology Educator Licensure Tests (MTEL) Educator Licensure Employment Opportunities English Language Learners Family Literacy Forms Directory General Educational Development Grants: Information Information Services Health, Safety and Student Support Services MCAS MCAS Appeals MECC - (Career Center) METCO "No Child Left Behind" Federal Education Law Nutrition Programs Proprietary Schools Reading Office School and District Accountability School and District Profiles/Directory School Finance School-to-Career Education Security Portal Special Education Special Education Appeals Title I Virtual Education Space - VES News District/School Administration Educator Services Assessment/Accountability ... Alternative Education NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS Minnesota Governmental Contacts: Bill Allen Charter Schools Coordinator Minnesota Dept. of Education

73. The Seattle Times: Opinion: Seattle Students Ill-served By Hostility To Charter charter schools provide a local catalyst for these missiondriven teachers and More than a decade after passage of the first charter law in minnesota, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001850694_charter05.html

Your account Today's news index Weather Traffic ... SERVICES Thursday, February 05, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. Guest columnist Seattle students ill-served by hostility to charter schools By Robin J. Lake Special to The Times Robin J. Lake E-mail this article Print this article Search archive Two teachers from Nathan Hale High have been trying for years to start a small school in the South End to serve at-risk students. School district officials ignored them. Another Seattle teacher, Steve Colmus, moved to Dallas to start a KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) academy school, one of the most successful school programs in the country serving disadvantaged students. Colmus says the climate for starting new schools in Seattle was just too hostile. A former dot-com executive and former assistant principal in Harlem, Stig Leschly, hoped to start a school in Seattle but the school district refused to provide more than 50 percent of the state funds Seattle spends per student. Nobody's fool, this exec couldn't see how anyone could operate a school on less than half the funds other schools get. Leschly has since moved to the Boston area to teach educational entrepreneurship at the Harvard Business School. If Washington state had a law allowing public schools to operate as charters, these stories likely would have very different endings. Seattle likely would have at least three, maybe more, new South End schools in operation today, with more on the way.

74. McREL POLICY BRIEF November 2000: Charter School Equity Issues: Focus On Minorit It is critical in this first decade of charter schools that attention be paid to Some states (eg, minnesota, Iowa, and Washington) have open enrollment http://www.mcrel.org/PDFConversion/PolicyBriefs/PB_CharterSchoolEquity.html

Policy Brief November 2000 Charter School Equity Issues: Focus on Minority and At-Risk Students by Lucretia Peebles, Ph.D. Charter schools are among the latest innovations aimed at expanding educational opportunity for our nation’s students. Enthusiastically embraced by parents, the public, and politicians, the number of these schools has grown at a surprising rate since Minnesota became the first state to enact legislation allowing their implementation in 1991. A closer look, however, suggests that enthusiasm be tempered by caution. This policy brief is concerned with equity issues at charter schools that serve predominantly minority or at-risk students. The purpose of this brief is to assist policymakers in addressing these critical concerns. Early opponents of charter schools feared they would benefit middle and upper class, mainly white students and leave behind minority and at-risk students. In many cases, the opposite has occurred: the increasing enrollment of African American, Hispanic, Native American, and at-risk students in charter schools is a strong indicator of the popularity of this form of educational choice for disadvantaged populations. According to enrollment statistics in "The State of Charter Schools: Fourth Year Report" (U.S. Department of Education, 2000), there are approximately 1700 charter schools in the United States, serving more than 350,000 students in 36 states and the District of Columbia. Charter schools in three-fifths of these states enrolled a higher percentage of African American and Hispanic students than white students. Overall, charter schools enrolled a larger percentage of students of color than did public schools. These schools also served a “slightly higher percentage (39 percent) of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch than all public schools” in 27 charter states (p. 34).

75. Minnesota (ISIL Freedom Network) MN, United States Profiles of charter schools in the state. minnesota Association of charter schools Source MACS MN, United States http://www.free-market.net/network/mn/

International Society for Individual Liberty Freedom Network ISIL Freedom Network: Minnesota Websites Experts Introductions to Issues In-Depth Studies ... Merchandise and Book Catalogs Websites It's All About Freedom! Source: Jim Rongstad Woodbury, MN, United States jrongstad@juno.com Articles, quotes and links promoting liberty. Minnesota Education Reform News Web site Source: Minnesota Education Reform News MN, United States mnedreform@aol.com A good resource for information about education reform in Minnesota, emphasizing the Profile of Learning, the North Star Standard, School to Work, Goals 2000, Core Knowledge, Math Wars, and Minnesota politics. School Choice 2000: What's Happening in the States: Minnesota Source: The Heritage Foundation MN, United States Education statistics, the legal context for school choice, and a summary of recent developments in the state. Also provides contact information and links to information in the other states and U.S. territories. Patient and Citizen Privacy Source: Citizens' Council on Health Care St. Paul, MN, United States

76. Brookings Institution Press, The Charter School Challenge, Avoiding The Pitfalls Center for Education Reform, charter School Highlights and Statistics, RPP International and the University of minnesota, A Study of charter schools http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815735111/html/165.html

The Charter School Challenge: Avoiding the Pitfalls, Fulfilling the Promise Bryan C. Hassel Go to chapter: Go to Page: Active Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-x 1 Charter Schools: The Promise and ..., pp. 1-14 Part I: The Politics of Charter Sch..., pp. 15-16 2 A Bird's Eye View of Charter Scho..., pp. 17-30 3 Reaching Compromise in Four State..., pp. 31-72 Part II: Charter School Programs in..., pp. 73-74 4 Breaking the Mold, pp. 75-103 5 Open for Business, pp. 104-127 6 Challenging the System, pp. 128-144 Part III: Fulfilling the Promise of..., pp. 145-146 7 Politics, Policy, and the Future ..., pp. 147-164 Notes, pp. 165-186 Index, pp. 187-194 THIS PAGE You may be interested in these Related Titles Use this chapter's phrases to Build a Search Go to chapter: Active Table of Contents Active Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-x 1 Charter Schools: The Promise and ..., pp. 1-14 Part I: The Politics of Charter Sch..., pp. 15-16 2 A Bird's Eye View of Charter Scho..., pp. 17-30 3 Reaching Compromise in Four State..., pp. 31-72

77. The Irascible Professor-commentary Of The Day-6-3-01. Inside Charter Schools - T Review of the book Inside charter schools. The minnesota charter was started by a cooperative of educators who wanted to reverse the decline in the http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-6-3-01.htm

The Irascible Professor SM Irreverent Commentary on the State of Education in America Today by Dr. Mark H. Shapiro "Despite ambitious aims and hopeful rhetoric, we still know very little about what unfolds inside charter schools."... ...Bruce Fuller, Inside Charter Schools - The Paradox of Radical Decentralization Commentary of the Day - June 3, 2001: Inside Charter Schools - The Paradox of Radical Decentralization - A Review. As the Irascible Professor noted in a commentary published last year ( "Charter Schools, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" ), the number of charter schools in the United States has been growing at a rapid clip. The phenomenon is so new - barely a decade old - that very little solid analysis of the movement exists, even though it enjoys widespread support from across the political spectrum. Inside Charter Schools , edited by Bruce Fuller of U.C., Berkeley and published by Harvard University Press, is hardly an exhaustive study of the charter school movement; but, it does offer a glimpse into the incredible diversity that characterizes these new choices in the educational marketplace. The book focuses sharply on many of the hard questions about charter schools that have yet to be answered. Although Inside Charter Schools includes contributions from five U.C., Berkeley scholars (Eric Rofes, Patty Yancey, Luis Huerta and Eric Wexler in addition to Fuller), three U.C.L.A. scholars (Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison, and Ash Vasudeva), and a

78. Title Page For ETD Etd-04252000-12110004 Keywords. Sponsoring Agencies; Accountability; minnesota; charter schools. Date of Defense, 200004-14. Availability, mixed http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04252000-12110004/

Title page for ETD etd-04252000-12110004 Type of Document Dissertation Author Wiita, Terry Author's Email Address twiita@neocom.net URN etd-04252000-12110004 Title CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY: PATTERNS OF PRACTICE AMONG MULTIPLE SPONSORING AGENCIES Degree PhD Department Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Advisory Committee Advisor Name Title Jennifer Sughrue Committee Chair Christina Dawson Committee Member Jean Crockett Committee Member Steve Parson Committee Member Travis Twiford Committee Member Keywords Sponsoring Agencies Accountability Minnesota Charter Schools Date of Defense Availability mixed Abstract Since 1991, charter schools have become a popular school choice option. Charter schools are independent public schools free from most state regulations in exchange for a written contract specifying that certain results will be obtained. Charter school accountability depends on both the specific charter school law and the agreement that has been struck between the sponsoring agency and the individual charter school. This study explores the patterns of practice in the accountability processes used by multiple sponsoring agencies in Minnesota. Minnesota's charter school law allows local school districts, post-secondary institutions, and the state education agency to sponsor charter schools. One central overarching question was addressed in this study: How do the micro accountability systems of multiple sponsoring agencies within Minnesota compare? In addition, several subquestions provided the framework for the research:

79. Minnesota Statutes 2004, 124D.10 (a) A charter School Advisory Council is established under section 15.059 except or the University of minnesota may sponsor one or more charter schools. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/124D/10.html

Minnesota Statutes 2004, Table of Chapters Table of contents for Chapter 124D 124D.10 Charter schools. Subdivision 1. Purposes. (a) The purpose of this section is to: (1) improve pupil learning; (2) increase learning opportunities for pupils; (3) encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods; (4) require the measurement of learning outcomes and create different and innovative forms of measuring outcomes; (5) establish new forms of accountability for schools; or (6) create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site. (b) This section does not provide a means to keep open a school that otherwise would be closed. Applicants in these circumstances bear the burden of proving that conversion to a charter school fulfills a purpose specified in this subdivision, independent of the school's closing. Subd. 2. Applicability. This section applies only to charter schools formed and operated under this section. Subd. 2a.

80. Minnesota Charter School Resource Center (MCSRC) HHHI Center for School Change - minnesota charter School Resource Center. All Rights Reserved. Do not copy or reproduce without permission. http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/school-change/handbook/

Our mission is to provide assistance, guidance, and support to parents, educators and community members who want to develop urban public charter schools which address the needs of students of color and low income children. Our vision is to help create schools which: have high expectations of students and staff; emphasize student achievement and success; and utilize the tremendous assets of parents and community. Center for School Change - Minnesota Charter School Resource Center. Contact Center for School Change The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Comment to the HHHI Web Coordinator Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs University of Minnesota 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 U.S.A. 1-612-626-8910 (General Information)

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