Education Resource Links For Michigan michigan Resource Center for charter Schools Central michigan University 220ARonan Hall Mt Pleasant MI 48859 517774-2590. Volunteering in michigan. http://familyeducation.com/state_resources/0,1882,28,00.html
The Brookings Institution California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, and michigan. the struggle of charterschools actually complements those of standards based reform. http://www.brook.edu/press/books/schools_accountability.htm
Extractions: DESCRIPTION Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability. To survive, charter schools must make and keep promises about what students will experience and learn under their purview. However, unlike public schools, charter schools do not rely exclusively on their relationship with school districts. They must also look to parents, teachers, and donors to cooperatively establish expectations of a particular school and its mission. Aimed toward elected officials, school reform activists, and educators, this book is the result of the first national-scale study of charter school accountability. The authors researched one hundred-fifty schools and sixty authorizing agencies in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan. These states contain the majority of charter schools that have been operating for three years or more and represent the major differences in state charter school legislation. The authors include interviews from a range of participants in the fieldæfrom state legislators and administrators to principals, teachers, and parents. In assessing the structure of accountability as it works internally to bolster external confidence, Hill and Lake suggest the struggle of charter schools actually complements those of standards based reform. Both seek to transform public education to make schools responsible for performance, not compliance.
Extractions: Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above John 19:11 PART VIII MORE Strategists for School Choice / Charter Schools MAJOR PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS including Pew Charitable Trusts Rockefeller Institute Carnegie Foundation Rand Corporation ... Hoover Institution Urban Institute Aspen Institute Pew Charitable Trusts The Pew Trusts [seven divisions] were established between 1948 and 1979 by two sons and two daughters of Sun Oil Company founder Joseph N. Pew. In the book Thy Will be Done, The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil , The Pew Family, Sun Oil Company, is identified along with other private U.S. foundations, corporations [Weyerhaeuser, Standard Oil, Placid Oil,* etc.] and the U.S. CIA in a conspiracy to take control of the oil-rich Amazon [ circa the early 1900s through the 1980s]. *Placid Oil Nelson Bunker Hunt , principal funder of Council for National Policy [also CNP President, Executive Committee 1983, Senior Executive Committee 1983-84, Executive Committee 1988], funder of the John Birch Society, Campus Crusade for Christ [
Charter Schools the quality of instruction in their charter was high received adequate attention,the schools have high The Evaluation Center, Western michigan University, http http://www.thedoylereport.com/resources/IssueResources/Charter
Extractions: Special Education ... As part of the U.S. Department of Education's and the U.S. Department of Justice's efforts to support innovation and choice within the public school system, this publication provides important information on how public charter schools may be developed and operated consistent with federal nondiscrimination laws. The purpose of this publication is to assist charter school developers and operators by making available a summary of civil rights issues applicable to public schools. NOTE: THIS IS THE FULL 318 PAGE REPORT. DEPENDING ON YOUR CONNECTION IT MAY TAKE TIME TO DOWNLOAD! Pennsylvania's most comprehensive report on charter schools since their inception in 1997 shows mixed signs on the satisfaction of parents, teachers and students with this new kind of public school - regarded by proponents as safer and more innovative, and as offering better opportunities for children.
ACVE - Proprietary, Career, And Charter Schools And CTE Experience Case Studies of EmployerLinked charter schools. and Ann Arbor MichiganFuture, 1998. Characteristics associated with school performance included http://www.cete.org/acve/textonly/docgen.asp?tbl=tia&ID=159
The Michigan Association Of CPAs Speaker(s) Tom L. Allen Chairman, Governmental Accounting StandardsBoard, Norwalk, CT. T. michigan charter Schools (May 20 Only). http://www.michcpa.org/cpe/detail.asp?c=GAAC2&y=04
Michigan PTSA: Where We Stand must not be used for private schools michigan PTA continuing must be responsiblefor all the schools it charters;; advertise the opening of the school for two http://www.michiganpta.org/www/advocacy/mptastand.html
Extractions: Where We Stand This summary has been developed as a reference to all current resolutions and position statements adopted by the National PTA since 1957 and the Michigan PTA since 1980. The information is paraphrased and is not the complete position of the National and Michigan PTA and, therefore, cannot be used to quote National or Michigan PTA. When representing the stand of the National and/or Michigan PTA, quoting positions or providing public statements please use only the material from the official National PTA Resolutions and Positions notebook and the Michigan PTA Platform book. Retired resolutions and positions can be found in the National PTA Historical Record and the Michigan PTA Historical record. All these references are available at the Michigan PTA State office or through an Executive Committee member. This summary has been provided as a convenient overview of the positions of the National PTA and Michigan PTA and as an aid in the development of new resolutions and to assist in responding to questions regarding positions of the Michigan PTA on various issues. Interpretation or in-depth understanding of a Michigan PTA position requires referral to the appropriate resolution in the official Michigan PTA Platform book. National PTA Key: PS - Position Statement; R-Resolution
Charter School To Raise Topic Of Creationism (NBS #78) The K8 school is scheduled to open next managed by National Heritage Academies, aMichigan-based company that promotes its 22 other charter schools as using a http://notes.nassmc.org/NBSfile00.nsf/0/874c4c89d6ebe8e0852569c300569f14?OpenDoc
Charter Schools' Backer Pulls Out allow Thompson s schools and regulate all charter schools in michigan. plan onlyif Detroit Public Schools could authorize the charter and oversee http://www.freep.com/news/education/chart3_20031003.htm
Extractions: FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS Philanthropist Bob Thompson withdrew Thursday his offer to spend $200 million to build 15 charter high schools in Detroit, saying the fractious debate over legislation to allow his project took too high a personal toll. Thompson's abrupt decision snuffed out a smoldering effort between Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Republican lawmakers to reach a compromise on how to both allow Thompson's schools and regulate all charter schools in Michigan. The retired asphalt paving magnate from Plymouth Township, who created the Thompson Foundation, did not say whether or where he might redirect his money. He had promised a 90-percent graduation rate from charter high schools of up to 500 students each. The schools were to operate with state funding similar to what Detroit Public Schools receive $7,100 per pupil and additional money that would be raised through private contributions.
The State News - Www.statenews.com but your browser may not support recognized web standards. Test scores fuel charterschool debate. about the significance of michigan Educational Assessment http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=9244
