81. Hubert H. Humphrey Institute Of Public Affairs: Center For School Change minnesota charter School Essay Contest minnesota charter Public School Student Demographic Information and Trends, 2001 2005 http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/school-change/

The Center for School Change is a program of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. The Center works with educators, parents, business people, students, policy-makers and other concerned people throughout the United States to: Increase student achievement. Raise graduation rates. Improve student attitudes toward learning, their schools, and their communities. Strengthen communities through building stronger working relationships among educators, parents, students and other community members. For Everyone New National Governor's Association/Center for School Change Report: Providing Quality Choice Options in Education Humphrey Institute Courses What's New at the Center for School Change? Information on our projects, grants and new research. Life After Humphrey Institute: Graduates Speak Many prospective and current Humphrey Institute students have asked, "What happens to HHH Graduates who are interested in education policy?" Joe Nathan's newspaper column A number of people have requested to see these columns online. They appear weekly in several suburban papers. We welcome reactions at

82. Welcome To MTS! minnesota Transitions (MTS) is a unique group of small, intimate charter We were one of the nations early leaders in the charter school development. http://www.mtcs.org/

Minnesota Transitions (MTS) is a unique group of small, intimate charter schools that help each learner make the transition from classroom to post-secondary/career and meet the responsibilities of a changing future. We were one of the nations early leaders in the charter school development. Charter schools offer the chance for parents to choose the best education possible for their family. Special education services are provided wherever needed, in all of our programs. MTS offers a learning environment emphasizing small classes as well as strong career training, and academic preparation. See more about charter schools. MTS is sponsored by Pillsbury United Communities, but operates independently. We offer our own: Elementary School Middle School Communications Arts High School MTS Technology High School ... Virtual Schoo l New! Check out some sample music created by our students! Click here to listen! Minnesota Transitions Schools District Office 2872 26th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55406 phone - (612)-722-9013 fax - (612)-722-0013

83. Charter Friends National Network a project of the minnesotabased Center for Policy Studies in partnership with CFNN is now in transition to a new national charter school leadership http://www.charterfriends.org/

Federal Policy Update NEW! NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND Toolkit Latest news on federal issues of importance to charters CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE FOR THE 5th ANNUAL NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS WEEK WEB SITE FEATURE! Freedom to Learn Conference Visit this new Web site with highlights of an important national conference on mayors, civic leaders and new schools New Technical Assistance Materials Resource guides on Contracting for Management Services Special Education Partnering with Community-based Organizations Accountability Charter Friends Initiatives Accountability Facilities Financing Special Education Federal Policy Development ... Making Connections Update on Partnership with Annie E. Casey Foundation , including 5 resource guides: Board Governance Personnel Policies Creating Family Friendly Charter Schools Mobilizing and Motivating Staff NEW! Partnering With Community-based Organizations Directory of State Contacts UPDATED! Check out the most complete directory available of resource centers, charter associations and other grassroots charter support organizations. Charter Friends Toolkit - Contacts, advice and strategies for starting and strengthening grassroots charter support activities.

84. Nerstrand Charter School - Nerstrand, Minnesota/MN - Public School Profile Find a profile of Nerstrand charter School in Nerstrand, minnesota/MN Public School Review. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/43034

home search schools school agency rankings town / county rankings ... Rice > Nerstrand Charter School Nerstrand Charter School 205 S. 2nd St., Nerstrand, MN 55053 - Map tel: (507)333-6850 Do you know this school's website? Input here! School Overview: Nerstrand Charter School School Level Primary school School Type Regular (non-vocational) school / Charter School Grades Offered Grades KG - 5 Location of School Rural County Rice County, MN Total Students 153 students % Male / % Female Total Classroom Teachers 8 teachers Students by Grade Kind - 24 students Grade 1 - 24 students Grade 2 - 26 students Grade 3 - 24 students Grade 4 - 28 students Grade 5 - 27 students This School (MN) School Average Teacher : Student Ratio Students by Ethnicity This School (MN) School Average % American Indian % Asian % Hispanic % Black % White Additional Student Information This School (MN) School Average % Eligible for Free Lunch % Eligible for Reduced Lunch % Migrant Students Enrolled School Test Scores: (MN) School Report Cards Student Test Scores View Education Department Test Scores School Agency: School Agency Name Nerstrand Charter School This School's Agency (MN) Agency Average Number of School Managed Number of Students Managed 153 students 4,238 students

85. The Center For Education Reform: Minnesota's Charter Law charter School Legislation Profile of minnesota s charter School Law. Note The following ranking and analysis reflects the state s law as of 2001. http://edreform.com/charter_schools/laws/Minnesota.htm

Charter School Legislation: Profile of Minnesota's Charter School Law Note : The following ranking and analysis reflects the state's law as of 2001. For the most recent state law profile, please contact the Center for Education Reform or order Charter School Laws Across the States: Ranking Score Card and Legislative Profiles from our Publications page Minnesota (1991; last amended in 2001) The 3 rd strongest of the nation's 38 charter laws General Statistics Number of Schools Allowed Unlimited Number of Charters Operating (As of Fall 2001) Approval Process Eligible Chartering Authorities Local school boards; public post-secondary institutions; private colleges and cooperatives (districts working in conjunction); all subject to state board of education approval; state board of education may grant charters on appeal Eligible Applicants Anyone Types of Charter Schools Converted public, converted private, new starts (but not home-based schools) Appeals Process Applications denied by the local school board may be appealed to the state board of education. Formal Evidence of Local Support Required 60% of licensed personnel of the school must support for conversions Recipient of Charter Charter school governing board (teachers must form a majority on the board; all charters must be organized as co-op or non-profit)

86. GreatSchools.net K-12 Schools In California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Colorado, Profiles for public, private, and charter schools, by state. Includes tools to search, sort and compare based on test scores, teacher experience, http://www.greatschools.net/

School information for public, private and charter schools nationwide GreatSchools.net is your objective source of school information on elementary, middle and high schools. A nonprofit organization, GreatSchools.net provides information about public, private and charter schools in all 50 states and detailed school profiles for California Arizona Texas Florida ... Illinois and New Jersey Our free online guide helps you: Find your ideal school Track your school's performance Get your school's profile Get tips to help your child succeed Compare schools Stay informed with free newsletters -Select state- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas 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, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS ABOUT US ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRINCIPALS ... SITE MAP GreatSchools.net

87. Awards -- State Charter School Facilities Incentive Program In 1991, minnesota passed the first charter school statute in the nation and started the first However, minnesota charter school facilities, in general, http://www.ed.gov/programs/statecharter/awards.html

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88. Minnesota State Legislation -- Credit Enhancement For Charter School Facilities This page summarize minnesota State charter School Facilities statutes, regulations, legislation, policy guidance, and flexibility provisions for the Credit http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/statecharter/lawmn.html

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89. PPI: PPI Releases Report On Charter Schooling In Minnesota minnesota has been a pioneer in charter school and public school choice options and has strengthened educational options for underserved students through an http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=85&subsecID=108&contentID=252556

90. Closing The Achievement Gap . Resources - Charter School Organizations | PBS minnesota charter SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER Aaron North, Director Center for School Change HHH Institute of Public Affairs University of minnesota http://www.pbs.org/closingtheachievementgap/resources_orgs.html

If you are interested in finding information about charter schools in your area, contact your state charter school resource center. Alaska Arizona Arkansas California ... Wyoming ALASKA CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION Barb Gerard, Secretary Academy Charter School 260 S. Cobb Street Palmer, AK 99645 907-746-2368 (fax) e-mail: Bgerard@msb.mat-su.k12.ak.us ARIZONA REGIONAL RESOURCE CENTER Rick Brown, Director 1840 E. Benson Highway Tucson, AZ 85714 520-682-4926 (fax) e-mail: rbrown@resourcenter.org Web site: www.resourcenter.org ARKANSAS CHARTER SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER Michael T. Scoles University of Central Arkansas 201 Donaghey Ave. Conway, AR 72035 e-mail: michaels@mail.uca.edu ACSRC@org.uca.edu CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION Caprice Young, President/CEO P.O. Box 811610 Los Angeles, CA 90017-3700 213-244-1448 (fax) 916-448-0995 (Sacramento phone) 916-448-0998 (Sacramento fax) e-mail: info@charterassociation.org Web site: www.charterassociation.org COLORADO LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS Jim Griffin, Director 1601 Vine St. Denver, CO 80206

91. Column By Joe Nathan, Center For School Change minnesota charter public school enrollment sees dramatic increase (3/15/05) minnesota s Post Secondary Option and charter school movement received a http://www.hometownsource.com/columns_opinion/nathan/

@import "../../flankingdivs2.css"; In college prep, some small rural high schools do much better than large suburbs by Joe Nathan A fascinating new report shows that Caledonia and other strong rural high schools have important lessons to teach the state, including some suburban communities. “Getting Prepared” by the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State College and University System (MnSCU) shows many rural high schools are doing much better at preparing students for Minnesota’s public colleges and universities. Only 17% of Caledonia’s 2000-2003 graduates who entered a Minnesota public university took a “developmental” or “remedial” course. That’s much less than the statewide average of 36%. 31% of 2000-2003 Caledonia’s graduates entered a Minnesota public college or university shortly after graduating, somewhat below the statewide average of 49%. Here are the facts: • 36% that took at least one “developmental” or remedial” course in reading, writing or math is up slightly from 1999 graduates. 33% of these students took a developmental course. That’s a LOT of graduates, not fully prepared in the “3 r’s.” • Students were least ready for college work in math. 28% of graduates took a remedial course in math, 14% in writing and only 9% in reading.

92. Minnesota Daily Bruininks visits U’s charterschool partner University President Bob Bruininks visited the high school Tuesday, meeting with students and faculty. http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2004/04/14/9232

Friday September 23,2005 advanced search News Front Page Campus Metro Sports ... Corrections Features Network Dr. Date Multimedia X-word Solution ... Media Kit Classifieds Search Housing Employment Transportation ... Place Ad Jobs Job Openings Current Openings Online Application PDF Application About About Us Subscribe Archives Place Ad ... Contact Alumni Alumni Home Donations Mentorship Profiles ... Term Life Insurance April 14, 2004 Rate this Article Bruininks visits U’s charter-school partner The University provides opportunities for the school’s pupils in hopes they will attend the University. By Emily Ayshford fter several visits to the University, Agricultural and Food Sciences Academy junior Amy Fluegeman said she is continually impressed with the different aspects of agriculture she learns about from University faculty. Derek J. Dickinson, Daily University President Bob Bruininks sits with the first graduates of the Agricultural and Food Sciences Academy on Tuesday in Little Canada, Minn. “When you go to the ‘U,’ you just see so many different things,” she said. “Those college visits are top-drawer.” Fluegeman is one of 156 students who attend the Little Canada, Minn., charter school, the only charter high school to be partnered with the University’s College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences.

93. Minnesota School Choice minnesota s charter school law has been amended several times. minnesota charter School Resource Center Director Aaron North 301 19th Avenue South, http://www.heritage.org/research/education/schoolchoice/Minnesota.cfm

site map help contact us The Heritage Foundation ... School Choice Minnesota School Choice Policy Archive: view by date Policy Archive: view by issue ... printer-friendly version School Choice Status Public school choice: Interdistrict/mandatory State constitution: Blaine amendment and compelled-support language Charter school law: Established 1991 Strength of law: Strong Number of charter schools in operation (2005): 111 Number of students enrolled in charter schools (2005): 15,588 Publicly funded private school choice: Tax credit Home-school law: High regulation K-12 Public Schools and Students (2002-2003) Public school enrollment : 846,891 Students enrolled per teacher (2001-2002): 15.8 Number of schools (2000-2001): 2,105 Number of districts: 339 Current expenditures: $6,867,403,000 Current per-pupil expenditure: $8,109 Amount of revenue from the federal government: 5.9% K-12 Public School Teachers (2002-2003) Number of teachers: 57,471 Average salary: $44,745 K-12 Private Schools (2001-2002) Private school enrollment: 101,180

94. A Chance To Grow New Visions charter school has unique programs that benefit all students, The minnesota Learning Resource Center A Training and Mentoring Institute http://www.actg.org/

A Chance to Grow is dedicated to helping all children, including those with learning problems, developmental delays and brain injuries, reach their highest potential Read the latest news from A Chance to Grow and New Visions School! New Visions charter school has unique programs that benefit all students, both those making good academic progress and those who need extra help. On-site clinic services are available to those children who need them. The Minnesota Learning Resource Center: A Training and Mentoring Institute offering workshops and special forums for Parents, Educators and Professionals. P Email actg@mail.actg.org

95. Reason Magazine -- April 1998 Arizona had 1/3 of the nation s charter schools. This study by business and economics writer James K. Glassman looks at competitive effects on all schools. http://www.reason.com/9804/fe.glassman.html

R EASON * April 1998 Class Acts How charter schools are revamping public education in Arizonaand beyond. James K. Glassman Three years ago, Arizona passed a law that allows almost any reasonably serious person to start a school and receive a little more than $4,000 in state funds for every student enrolled. Such "charter schools," as they're called, are public schools that operate with more autonomy than conventional onesa vague definition, perhaps, but the best one available. Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have laws permitting them. In the short time they've been around in Arizona, charters have attracted more than 25,000 students, or roughly 3 percent of the state's public school population, and the number is still rising by 10,000 annually. Arizona, with one-fiftieth of the nation's population, has about one-third of its 780 charter schools. Arizona has twice as many charters as California, which has eight times as many children under age 18. Over the past year, I've visited Arizona three times to see how well its charter schools are working. I especially wanted to find out whether charters were providing competition to traditional public schools and whether, in response, those public schools were trying to improve. I am not an expert on educationfar from itbut I write about business and economics, and I've long suspected that one reason public schools fail is that, as government-protected near-monopolies, they lack the feedback mechanisms built into market systems. As a result, they can't get the sort of information that would help them do a better job. Ultimately, they're operated more for the benefit of administrators and teachers than for parents and studentsfor producers rather than consumers. When charter schools started pulling some of those consumers away from traditional public schools, my hypothesis went, the latter would have no choice but to get better in order to lure the kids back.

96. Employer-Linked Charter School Initiative - OverView minnesota Transitions charter School is a charter school in Minneapolis, minnesota, serving approximately 320 students in grades K12. The school, which is http://www.cew.wisc.edu/charterSchools/profiletransitions.asp

CONTENTS Home Resources Highlighted Practices School Profiles ... Contact Us School Profile MINNESOTA TRANSITIONS CHARTER SCHOOL , Minneapolis, MN About the School Curriculum and Instruction Formation Dynamics Real-World Practices ... Contact ABOUT THE SCHOOL Minnesota Transitions Charter School is a charter school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, serving approximately 320 students in grades K-12. The school, which is chartered by the Minneapolis School District, opened in 1996. The Center for Education Reform's National Charter School Directory 2000 describes Minnesota Transitions as a school "designed to integrate academic and career exploration in a seamless K-12 program of small, multi-aged groups." FORMATION DYNAMICS The most important issue that prompted the formation of Minnesota Transitions, according to its lead administrator, was that "the creativity of the program was not being developed by the existing schools." Additional information that sheds light on the reasons for the school's founding can be found under the "School's Core Philosophy and Valued Outcomes" section below. PHILOSOPHY AND VALUED OUTCOMES Top of Page The mission of Minnesota Transitions, according to the school's Web site (

97. Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Board Of Trustees A charter school is a public school established under minnesota Statutes section 124D.10 as either a cooperative or a nonprofit corporation. http://www.mnscu.edu/board/procedure/328p1.html

Information for Students -Choosing a college -Program search -Admissions information ... Contact Us Search System Procedures for Chapter 3 - Educational Policies Procedure 3.28.1 Charter School Sponsorship for Board Policy 3.28 Part 1. Authority. Board Policy 3.28, Charter School Sponsorship, delegates to the Chancellor authority to promulgate procedures, guidelines and processes regarding planning and decisions by colleges and universities to sponsor charter schools. Part 2. Definitions. Subpart A. Definition of Charter School. A charter school is a public school established under Minnesota Statutes section 124D.10 as either a cooperative or a non-profit corporation. Charter schools and their sponsors are subject to the requirements in Minnesota Statutes section 124D.10. Definitions. Subpart B. Charter School Board . "Charter School Board" is the elected board of directors responsible for the school's education program, management and administration, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes section 124D.10. Subpart C. Sponsor

98. Minnesota State Colleges & Universities Board Of Trustees A charter school is a public school established under minnesota State Statutes 124D.10 as either a cooperative or a nonprofit corporation. http://www.mnscu.edu/board/policy/328.html

Information for Students -Choosing a college -Program search -Admissions information ... Contact Us Search Board Policies Chapter 3 - Educational Policies Click here for a PDF copy of this policy. 3.28 Charter School Sponsorship Part 1. Definition of Charter School. A charter school is a public school established under Minnesota State Statutes 124D.10 as either a cooperative or a non-profit corporation. Charter schools and their sponsors are subject to the requirements in Minnesota State Statutes 124D.10. Part 2. Sponsorship Responsibilities. To support, improve, and enhance elementary and secondary education in Minnesota, a MnSCU college or university may serve as a charter school sponsor consistent with its mission, Minnesota State Colleges and Unirversities policy and procedure, and Minnesota Statutes section 124D.10. Sponsoring institutions shall comply with all statutory sponsorship requirements and shall adhere to sponsorship standards established by the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning (MDCFL). Part 3. Annual Report.

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