Extractions: Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York NY. How Well Are Charter Schools Serving Urban and Minority Students? ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 119. Charter schools have become popular because many people believe that they can provide a high quality education to public school students without the regulatory constraints imposed on conventional public schools. Charters are created and managed by an entity comprised of parents and/or teachers, community and/or business leaders, non-profit organizations, or for-profit businesses. The District of Columbia and 25 states now have laws permitting these independent public schools to be chartered by school districts or the state Department of Education, and thus they can receive public monies for their operation. The autonomy granted the schools varies widely, however. Urban areas are particularly fertile ground for the development of charter schools because there is a great need to find ways to improve education in the face of poor resources and overcrowding in the public schools. However, since most urban students are either disadvantaged or members of minority groups, there are concerns that charter schools may "cream off" the students identified as easiest to teach (frequently white or middle class children), leaving the remainder to founder in arguably inferior conventional public schools.
Extractions: Related Links A Sad Charter School Story. (12/3) In the case of K12's California charter schools and the Indio Charter School, these California attendance regulations defeat the spirit of the charter-school movement. The point of a charter-school contract is that school operators have the flexibility to try something different in exchange for accountability. Full text. Workplace Charter Schools: Florida Blazes the Trail. Examines the progress made by the nation's first satellite charter school and explores recent developments. Full Text News Release Satellite Charter Schools: Addressing The School-Facilities Crunch Through Public-Private Partnerships. Reveals how public-private partenerships are helping overcome school-facilities shortages and helping foster the charter school reform revolution. Full Text News Release More Info Charter School Innovations: Keys to Effective Charter Reform.
US Charter Schools intensive, practical information to enable charter schools to address The Guide coversstandardssetting (including updates on californias state http://www.uscharterschools.org/cs/r/query/q/1573?topic=10,12,14,37,11&type=5&x-
Freedom And Innovation In California's Charter Schools (Full Text) 63 charter schools located in 7 states outside california. Teachers in new chartersare the least secure Most teachers understand the schools goals, but goals http://www.wested.org/policy/pubs/full_text/pb_ft_freedom.htm
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CTA | Politics And Legislation california law also provides for an appeal process, in case a schoolboard unreasonably rejects a charter proposal. http://www.cta.org/PoliticsandLegislation/Alert/20040427.htm
Extractions: Despite CTA's intense efforts, an opposed charter school measure that would undermine K-12 school districts has cleared the Assembly Higher Education panel and is on its way to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. We need your help to mobilize local chapters, administrators, and school board members to defeat AB 2764 (Bates). Please generate phone calls, e-mail, and letters. AB 2764 could come up at any time in the Assembly Appropriations panel. AB 2764 would let colleges and universities approve charter schools. As amended, the bill would let UC, CSU, and the community colleges authorize 20 state higher education campuses to approve a K-12 charter school for a total of 60 schools. Although this is a pilot, it could rapidly become much larger. If you need any more information, please contact Legislative Advocate Sharon Scott Dow or GR Communications Consultant Len Feldman at 916.325-1500. Thank you again for your hard work on behalf of your colleagues on this key issue. Urge Assembly to Defeat AB 2764, CTA-opposed Charter Bill
USATODAY.com - Charters Lack Accountability Sloppy accountability masks triumphs in the charter movement, suchas the Aspire Public Schools in california. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-05-03-our-view_x.htm
Extractions: Cars Jobs Franchises Business Opportunities ... Weather Politics Politics home Politics briefs Latest polls Political calendar Washington Washington home Washington briefs Government Guide Law Center Health Health home Medical resources Health information Editorial/Opinion Ed/Op home Columnists Cartoons More News Top news briefs Nation briefs World briefs States ... Talk Today Posted 5/3/2004 7:37 PM Today's Top News Stories NYSE, Nasdaq to close Friday to honor Reagan Credit card spending growth slows in April Reagan family begins former president's last journey Iraqi prime minister says militias will disband ... Add USATODAY.com headlines to your Web site E-Mail Newsletters Sign up to receive our free Daily Briefing e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. E-mail: Select one: HTML Text Breaking News E-Mail Alerts Get breaking news in your inbox as it happens Charters lack accountability The charter-school pioneers who launched their movement a decade ago assumed independently run public schools would generate success stories that traditional schools would adopt. Since then, many innovative reforms have emerged at the nation's 3,000 charter schools. But so, too, has a steady trickle of disturbing reports. While educators can't quantify the number of troubled schools, the problems raise questions about whether charters are serving as effective educational alternatives.
Charter Schools A Ruse For Destroying Public Education? including the Virginia SOL, as the public schools. defeated in November in Californiaand Michigan. County, Virginia has approved charter schools, but has had http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/nov_2000/char_sch.htm
Extractions: Lynn View Middle School, Kingsport, Tennessee "Charter Schools" A Ruse For Destroying Public Education? Virginia political/religious leaders Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson have vowed to destroy public education in in America. Their tools for doing this are school vouchers and charter schools. While Virginia has approved charter schools, it's proponents are dismayed they have to follow the same standards, including the Virginia SOL, as the public schools. Their intention was never education, but the removal of science and history and substitution of religious myth. They also demand to use uncertified teachers and to be exempted from all civil rights rights laws including ADA regulations for the handi-capped. (religious institutions are already exempt.) Fortunately, vouchers were overwhelmingly defeated in November in California and Michigan. In fact, Washington County, Virginia has approved charter schools, but has had no takers because the fundamentalists didn't want to operate as schools. Now Tennesse has gotten into the act. But the almost 50% drop-out rate in the state has nothing to do with schools. It's family priorities. Here is the fundamentalist' agenda is in their words in 1995: Charter Schools Rejected in Sullivan County Tennessee Fights for Bible Classes Wise, Hawkins Counties Back School Prayer, Ignore Problems
Charter College Of Education, CSULA opportunities provided by its charter status, the College of Education at CaliforniaState University http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ccoe/
Extractions: Centers - Clusters - Institutes - Spec Progs - Themes Center - Inclusive Education for Young Children Center - Central Los Angeles Writing Project Center - C.Lamar Mayer Learning Center Center - Reading Clinic Cluster - Literacy Cluster - Literacy Lab Cluster - Los Angeles Accelerated School Center Cluster - PERC Special Program - Bilingual School Psychology Special Program - Diagnostic Research Theme - California Academy of Transition Studies Mission Divisions Through the unique opportunities provided by its charter status, the College of Education at California State University, Los Angeles enables educators to meet high standards and ensure the maximum learning and achievement potential of culturally and linguistically diverse urban learners. Dr. Carol A. Bartell
