21. Gateway High School : About : California Charter School Fact Sheet California Charter School Fact Sheet. california charter schools, originally authorized in 1992 (SB 1448). operate outside many of http://web.gwhs.org/www/about/charter_school_faq.php

HOME ACADEMIC PROGRAM STUDENT LIFE COMMUNITY ... SARC '01-'02 (pdf) Charter School Facts California Charter School Fact Sheet California charter schools, originally authorized in 1992 (SB 1448). operate outside many of the state's laws and regulations governing public education. Charter schools are funded by the state but are given increased flexibility than standard non-charter public schools in return for being held accountable for their students' educational progress. In California, charter schools are considered public institutions, planned and organized by groups of educators, community members, parents, or others. Some begin as public schools that have converted to charter status and others, like Gateway are "start-up" schools. A charter school's educational program and goals are spelled out in an agreement with a sponsoring agency, usually a school district or county office of education. California's charter schools are serving a greater percentage of low-income students, a greater percentage of students with academic problems and twice as many African-American students (on a percentage basis) than their non-charter counterparts. Source: RAND Report on Charter School Effectiveness (2003) Average API scores in charter schools showed faster growth than regular public schools but still lag because charters often enroll many students who were not doing well at other schools. Source: Hoover Institution at Stanford University Study (2003)

22. Charter Schools: A New Breed Of Public Schools Report 2, 1993 In some cases, california charter schools might be entirely new schools, but the legislature tends to assume that they will be converted from current public http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/93-2new.htm

NCREL's Policy Briefs Charter Schools: A New Breed of Public Schools Report 2, 1993 Pathways home page Contents Previous section ... Next section New and Converted Charters In some cases, California Charter Schools might be entirely new schools, but the legislature tends to assume that they will be converted from current public schools, based on an approved plan of significant change. Minnesota now allows persons other than teachers to form and operate an outcome-based Charter School. But teachers still must make up the majority of the school's board of directors. Teachers can form a cooperative that negotiates a contract with the Charter School to provide instruction. California law allows other responsible groups such as parents and business and community leaders to organize a school, but at least 50 percent of teachers in a school must sign a petition to charter before a school can be considered for charter conversion. Renewable California charters are granted for five-year periods, and the charter can be revoked by the local board if a school does not live up to its agreement. The Charter Schools do not become legally independent school districts as in Minnesota. They are, however, relieved of local rules and regulations, and entire school districts in California can petition to become charter districts. The California State Board of Education, unlike the state board in Minnesota, cannot veto a charter proposal that gains local approval. The state simply publicizes the charter initiative and keeps track of charter applications, giving each a number and cutting off applications after 100 have received local approval (10 within a single district). The responsibility for quality control rests at the local level. California law also allows the sponsor of a proposal that is denied at the local level to appeal to the county board of education.

23. Charter Schools: Student Achievement Higher At California Charter Schools Veteran california charter schools are improving more in student achievement than other public schools. These charter schools have http://www.iedx.org/article_1.asp?ContentID=EN569&SectionGroupID=WHAT_WORKS

24. Charter School - California - A Charter School Has Open Enrollment phone 626. http//www.pasadena56.tv/. california charter schools Association. http//www.smartpages.com. Your California Charter School business here! http://www.servicesdirectory.us/dir/340/6.php

25. Charter School - United States - A Charter School Has Open Copyright © 2004 Pasadena, California 91104. phone 626. http//www.pasadena56.tv/. california charter schools Association. http://www.servicesdirectory.us/dir/340/1/21.php

26. Accrediting Commission For Schools - WASC Accreditation - Public California: Cha Although the california charter schools are public schools, there is a choice of protocol; schools may choose the WASCCDE Focus on Learning Joint Process, or http://www.acswasc.org/process_ca_charter.htm

Welcome FAQ Directory of Schools Calendar of Events ... Contact Us Ongoing Process: Public California: Charter Although the California charter schools are public schools, there is a choice of protocol; schools may choose the WASC-CDE Focus on Learning Joint Process , or WASC Focus on Learning Work is in progress to clarify important areas for charter schools to examine with respect to some of the WASC criteria, such as governance and finance. Initial Visit As noted on our Getting Started page all Public California Charter schools follow the initial visit procedures, utilizing the WASC Accreditation Manual: Initial Visit Procedures. Request for WASC Affiliation WASC Accreditation Manual: Initial Visit Procedures, 2003 Edition Initial Application Steps Full Self Study/Visit The full visit instructions for California public schools are outlined in the respective protocols for these schools. WASC Focus on Learning, 2003-2004 WASC-CDE Focus on Learning Joint Process, 2004-2004 Follow-up: Ongoing Accreditation Process The School's Follow-up Checklist Reviews/Revisits/Reports The revisit, midterm reviews, special visits, and substantive changes follow the same procedures regardless of the type of public California school. Schools can obtain the appropriate directions through the following documents:

27. Education World ® Schoool Issues: EDscoops california charter schools Help LowIncome Kids Low-income students who attend charter schools in California show greater academic gains than students in http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/edscoops/edscoop027.shtml

EdWorld Internet Topics Sponsored links: Mondera Coupons Earn 90% Profit! Garden Decor Amazon Coupon Codes Coupon Codes Home Decor ... Walden University Graduate degrees in Education Host Department Web Hosting Alberghi Finanza ... Copy DVD Register To Win a $100 GiftCard Visit Target.com Vacanze Accessori Computer Career Education ... EDScoop Archives EDScoop ED SCOOPS Ed World tracks down education news from across the nation and around the world. Some sites credited in this article may require free registration. Some links may be valid for only a brief period. California Charter Schools Help Low-Income Kids Low-income students who attend charter schools in California show greater academic gains than students in regular schools, according to results of a study by researchers at California State University, Los Angeles. Test scores in charter schools in which 75 percent or more of the students received free or reduced-price lunches increased by 28.1 percent during the two-year study, compared with a gain of 23.8 percent in public schools with the same percentage of low-income students. Source: Education Week Georgia Core Curriculum Broad, Thin

28. Teachers' Unions Spend Big Bucks To Infiltrate Charter Schools -- 01/14/2004 Today, Vaughn s teachers rely on services provided by the california charter schools Association, but they themselves make up the school s governing body. http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200401\NAT20040114a.h

29. Charter Schools california charter schools Association (CCSA) http//www.charterassociation.org The california charter schools Association (the “Association”) is the http://www.edsource.org/edu_chart_cal.cfm

30. Charter Schools, Education, Reform, Privatization, Outsourcing, Privatization Wa In the case of K12 s california charter schools and the Indio Charter School, these California attendance regulations defeat the spirit of the charterschool http://www.rppi.org/charterschoolstory.html

Reason Public Policy Institute is a public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress. December 3, 2002 A Sad Charter School Story by Lisa Snell Related Links 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. The effectiveness of charter schools is dependent on crucial, often highly technical features of charter statutes. Full Text Executive Summary No Paradise for Charter Schools. Reason Foundation Fellow Cliff Slater wonders why the State of Hawaii has erected so many barriers to success for charter schools if they love them so much. Published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Janaury 7. Full Text Privatization v. Choice.

31. Charter Schools, Education, Reform, Privatization, Outsourcing, Privatization Wa Crippling California s Schools. by Lisa Snell. Related Links. A Sad Charter School Story. (12/3) In the case of K12 s california charter schools and the Indio http://www.rppi.org/cripplingcalifornia.html

Reason Public Policy Institute is a public policy think tank promoting choice, competition, and a dynamic market economy as the foundation for human dignity and progress. January 15, 2002 Crippling California's Schools by Lisa Snell 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.

32. Governor Protects CA's High Performing, Low-Income Charter Schools for charter schools doing the best job of educating California s most disadvantaged kids, said Caprice Young, CEO of the california charter schools Association http://finance.lycos.com/qc/news/story.aspx?symbols=BWIRE:100&story=200405132324

33. California Teachers, Parents, And Principals Support Charter Schools San Francisco, CA – california charter schools are doing a better job of educating children than the schools their students previously attended, according to http://www.pacificresearch.org/press/rel/2000/pr00-03-22.html

755 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Search Site Business and Economics Education Environment Events ... Book a PRI Speaker You are here: Press Room Press Releases Contact: Laura Dykes 415-989-0833 x 113 Release Date: March 22, 2000 California Teachers, Parents, and Principals Support Charter Schools California charter schools are doing a better job of educating children than the schools their students previously attended, according to survey results in A Charter School Survey: Parents, Teachers, and Principals Speak Out , published by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). "The survey shows that these schools are doing a much better job at satisfying their primary constituentsstudents, parents, teachers, principals, and the community than their counterpart district schools," said Pamela Riley, author of A Charter School Survey: Parents, Teachers, and Principals Speak Out and associate director, coalition relations, PRI Center for School Reform. "On the whole, charter schools are smaller, more autonomous and independent, and much more innovative in using time and money." PRI's survey revealed that: Seven out of 10 charter school principals in California report that their charter schools boast waiting lists;

34. Charter Schools Process for Approval of a School Charter. california charter schools Law of 19992 (AB544) California Education Code Sections 4760047616.5. http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/iss/charter/howto.html

Process for Approval of a School Charter California Charter Schools Law of 19992 (AB544) California Education Code Sections 47600-47616.5 California Charter Schools Reform Act of 1999 (SB434) California Education Code Sections 47612.5 and 51747.3 Charter schools provide one opportunity to implement school-level reform and to support innovations which improve student learning and enable students to become self-motivated, competent, and lifelong learners. These schools shall operate under the provisions of their charters, specific state and/or federal laws, Title 5, California Code of Regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, and general oversight of the chartering authority. Purpose Improve pupil learning. Increase learning opportunities for all pupils, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for pupils who are identified as academically low achieving. Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods. Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the schoolsite. Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system.

35. LAO Recommends Broadening Charter School Authorization And Oversight The california charter schools Association is sponsoring Assembly Bill 2764 by Assembly Member Patricia Bates, RLaguna Niguel, that would permit the http://www.csba.org/csn/March04/csnStoryTemplate.cfm?id=31

36. Archived - Charter Schools And Students With Disabilities: Accountability A study of california charter schools by SRI International (Powell et al., 1997) provided data related to the accountability issue that has interesting http://www.ed.gov/pubs/chartdisab/account.html

Archived Information Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities: Review of Existing Data - November 1998 Accountability A 1996 report by the American Federation of Teachers noted with concern that only 17 of 25 states with charter school legislation required that charter schools use the same tests as other public schools to document student learning and called for all states to require that charter schools participate in state accountability systems. According to the report, the absence of comparison data in some states is "highly problematic" because charter schools promise greater accountability for results in exchange for increased autonomy. In contrast, charter school directors in Colorado expressed concern to researchers that state standards and assessments could result in curriculum uniformity and limit charter schools' flexibility to innovate (McLaughlin, Henderson, & Ullah, 1996). A study of California charter schools by SRI International (Powell et al. [Due Process and FAPE] [Technical and Business Expertise]

37. Archived - The State Of Charter Schools 2000 - Fourth-Year Report: B. Students O However, the number of students enrolled in charter schools continued to grow, with california charter schools continuing to enroll the greatest number of http://www.ed.gov/pubs/charter4thyear/b.html

Archived Information The State of Charter Schools 2000 - Fourth-Year Report, January 2000 School Size Grade Level Configuration Student to Teacher Ration Computers for Instruction Enrollment by State As in past years, charter schools enrolled a relatively small percentage of public school students nationwide. Only three states had 2 percent or more of their public school enrollment in charter schools, with the District of Columbia enrolling the greatest percentage of students in charter schools. However, the number of students enrolled in charter schools continued to grow, with California charter schools continuing to enroll the greatest number of students. As the number of charter schools increases and student enrollment in charter schools expands, their potential impact on public education also increases. In 1998-99, the Study estimated that charter school enrollment totaled 252,009 in the 27 states with open charter schools. This enrollment was 0.8 percent of all students in public schools in the 27 charter states. With 73,905 students in charter schools, California had the most charter school students of any state. More than half of all charter school students (52 percent) are enrolled in charter schools in three states: Arizona, California, and Michigan.

38. USC Rossier School Of Education Charter Schools. Multiple Measures of Accountability for california charter schools (MMACCS) (August 2003 to present). Overview of http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/cegov/charterschools_projects.html

Research Areas Charter Schools Comprehensive School Reform Leadership ... Strategic Alliances in Education Charter Schools Multiple Measures of Accountability for California Charter Schools (MMACCS) (August 2003 to present) Overview of Project For more information about MMACCS, please contact Deborah Santiago Supporting the Creation of Charter Schools: Using Cross-Sectoral Alliances to Enhance Capacity (October 2001 to present) Overview of Project We designed a national research project in 10-12 states to examine the impact of cross-sectoral alliances on new-start schools, to identify the factors that might motivate organizations across sectors to develop strategic alliances, and to discover the conditions that support and impede such alliances. The project also includes legislative analysis for all the 36 states that permit new-start charter schools to capture the national perspective on cross-sectoral alliances and to identify policy conditions affecting the development of alliances in new-start charter schools. Our research will build upon the existing knowledge concerning strategic alliances among business enterprises and extend it to education. This project is funded by the Department of Education. Cross-Sectoral Alliances for Urban Problem Solving

39. Charter School Fight Turns Nasty By DAVID SCHARFENBERG SENTINEL STAFF WRITER Mar At stake, Alianza backers say, is the right of all california charter schools to pursue innovation and provide school choice, without interference from http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2004/March/12/local/stories/02local.htm

SUNNY W at 12 mph FORECAST QUICK LINKS Sentinel Home News Local News U.S. ... Contact Us CLASSIFIED Find a Job Find a Car Find a Home Find a Rental ... Classified Ad Builder Now shop today's Sentinel print ads online MORE LOCAL NEWS Printer Friendly Version Email Story to a Friend Subscribe March 12, 2004 Charter school fight turns nasty By DAVID SCHARFENBERG Sentinel staff writer Alianza Charter School attorneys plan to go to court today, hoping to shake the money free and proceed with a lawsuit that could have implications for charter schools statewide. The school plans, in the larger lawsuit, to challenge a district decision to ship Alianza across town this summer. At stake, Alianza backers say, is the right of all California charter schools to pursue innovation and provide school choice, without interference from traditional public schools. "There are a lot of eyes ... on this case," said Gary Larson, spokesman for the Los Angeles-based California Charter Schools Association. But parents and teachers blasted the decision, arguing a cross-town move would lead to a steep drop in enrollment and threaten the K-6 school’s unique Spanish-English language "dual-immersion" program.

40. Directory Of Online Resource Directories On Charter Schools From Free-Market.Net california charter schools directory Source Charter Schools Development Center State CA, Country United States A list of charter schools in California, with http://www.free-market.net/directorybytopic/charter/C1/

about map news channels ... find you are here: Free-Market.Net Find Directory by Topic Charter Schools Online Resource Directories Charter Schools search get personal recommendations add a resource/link United States ... Southwestern and Western US United States Charter Friends National Network Source: Charter Friends Country: United States Promotes quality charter schools by connecting and supporting resource centers and other state-level charter support organizations and activities. Charter schools in development Source: U.S. Charter Schools Country: United States Profiles of charter schools which are either still in development or in the early stages of applying for a charter. Charter school law Source: CSL Country: United States A guide to charter school resources on the Internet by David Scott, founder of the St. Louis charter school. Directory of Charter School Contacts Source: Charter Friends National Network Country: United States E-mail: info@charterfriends.org Lists contacts of charter school associations and resource centers in 39 states and Washington D.C. How to start a charter school Source: U.S. Charter Schools

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