81. Summit Charter School Cashiers, NC, USA Home Page One of the state's 36 original charter schools serves kindergarten through 8th grade. Features faculty and staff, athletics, policies and procedures, calendar, and FAQs. http://www.summitschool.org/

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82. NC Office Of Charter Schools Please Note. The North Carolina Office of charter schools has been moved to a new location. Please change your bookmark to http//www http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/charter_schools/maincharter.html

Curriculum Publication Sales Education Initiatives Agency Web Sites ... NC Schools Listing Please Note The North Carolina Office of Charter Schools has been moved to a new location. Please change your bookmark to http://www.ncpublicschools.org/charter_schools/ You will be redirected to the new page in five seconds. Search Contact Us North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 301 N. Wilmington St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: 919-807-3300 Driving Directions

83. Charter Schools - Specialized Programs (CA Dept Of Education) Home » Specialized Programs » charter schools. charter schools. Public schools that may provide instruction in any of grades K12 http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/

Search Advanced Site Map A-Z Index Professional Development ... Specialized Programs Charter Schools Charter Schools Public schools that may provide instruction in any of grades K-12 that are created or organized by a group of teachers, parents, community leaders or a community-based organization Information about charter school funding model options, funding opportunities, and funding determinations for non-classroom-based instruction Current and upcoming events, time-sensitive issues, and hot topics State and federal legislation, laws and regulations, policy guidance and legal opinions for charter schools Resources Information about obtaining a charter school number; questions and answers about charters; and other state, federal, and private resources California Department of Education 1430 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 Contact Us Web Policy Feedback Last Modified: Monday, January 12, 2004

84. RAND: Charter School Operations And Performance: Evidence From California The study represents a comprehensive study of accessibility, student achievement, governance, and operation of CaliforniaÕs charter schools, drawing from http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1700/

Charter School Operations and Performance: Evidence from California Ron Zimmer, Richard Buddin, Derrick Chau, Glenn Daley, Brian Gill, Cassandra Guarino, Laura Hamilton, Cathy Krop, Dan McCaffrey, Melinda Sandler, and Dominic Brewer $25.00 (paperback, 312 pp.) ISBN: 0-8330-3354-9 All materials below are free, downloadable PDF files. Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 5.0 or higher to view. Contents Summary PDF All Prefatory Materials PDF Preface Contents Figures Tables Summary Acknowledgments Acronyms Chapter One: INTRODUCTION PDF Ron Zimmer, Derrick Chau, and Brian Gill Background: Charter Schools Nationally and in California What We Know from Prior Research Focus of This Research Data Sources How We Categorized Charter Schools Limitations of the Study How the Report Is Organized Chapter Two: STUDENTS SERVED BY CHARTER SCHOOLS PDF Derrick Chau, Dan McCaffrey, Ron Zimmer, Glenn Daley, and Brian Gill Introduction Access to Charter Schools Characteristics of Students in Charter Schools School-by-School Analysis Summary Chapter Three: ACADEMIC OUTCOMES PDF Richard Buddin and Ron Zimmer Introduction School-Level Performance Statewide Nonlongitudinally Linked Student-Level Data Longitudinally Linked Student-Level Data Competitive Effect of Charter Schools Summary Chapter Four: AUTHORIZATION, GOVERNANCE, AND OVERSIGHT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS

85. Charter Schools: An Approach For Rural Education? ERIC Digest. Provides fulltext access to the ERIC Digest of this name which examines charters schools in the rural setting. http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-3/charter.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Collins, Timothy Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools Charleston WV. Charter Schools: An Approach for Rural Education? ERIC Digest. Charter schools have emerged in the 1990s as a prominent and controversial school reform idea. This Digest describes characteristics of charter schools, outlines some tentative research findings, discusses advantages and shortcomings, and summarizes challenges rural communities might face in starting such a school. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS In some ways, charter schools are traditional and tap historic rural roots of public education. They give parents, students, and educators public school alternatives based on the idea that competition will bring educational innovations (Thomas, 1996). But there is potential for controversy, especially in poor rural communities with limited financial and educational resources to support additional schools. Since Minnesota passed the first charter school law in 1991, 32 other states and the District of Columbia have passed similar legislation (Hirsch, 1998). The Center for Education Reform (1998) estimated 1,129 charter schools existed nationwide in September 1998. Most schools were in the South and West. Half were in three states: Arizona, California, and Michigan. Almost another quarter were in four other states: Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. While the number of charter schools has increased rapidly since 1991, these schools represented only about 0.5% of public school students in charter states during the 1996-1997 school year (RPP International, 1998). It is unclear how many were in rural areas.

86. Colorado League Of Charter Schools The Colorado League of charter schools serves and supports existing Colorado charter schools and groups or individuals wishing to start a charter school in http://www.coloradoleague.org/

The Colorado League of Charter Schools serves and supports existing Colorado charter schools and groups or individuals wishing to start a charter school in Colorado. The League has a commitment to both individual charter schools, as well as the movement as a whole. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS: Alternative Charter Authorizing Comes to Colorado!! Two important bills have passed the Colorado legislature - one creates a State Charter School Institute and the other makes important changes to current Charter School Law. Click here for more details For detailed summaries of important charter school legislation passed click here NEW !! For a full legislative summary of all K-12 legislation introduced, click here Reminder: Please fill out a School Contact Information form and send it back to the League to receive updated information and news! var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='508'; awmAltUrl='';

87. Pennsylvania Charter Schools Study Home Evaluation. charter schools offer students alternative and diverse educational programs, with the goal of improving academic achievement. http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/charter/pacharter.html

About the Evaluation Evaluation Questions Methodology Research Instruments ... Five Year Evaluation Report, 2002 Pennsylvania Charter School Evaluation Charter schools offer students alternative and diverse educational programs, with the goal of improving academic achievement. The intention behind this new form of public schooling is that by providing further autonomy to schools, they can pursue innovative teaching practices and create a diversity of school options from which parents can choose. In Pennsylvania, charter school legislation was approved in 1997. Six charter schools were approved to operate in 1997 and the the total number grew to 31 during the following school year. Currently, a total of 90 charter schools are in operation. The Initial Study of Pennsylvania Charter Schools was commissioned by The Pennsylvania Department of Education commissioned The Evaluation Center to conduct an initial 17 month study of charter schools in 1999 and 2000. In 2001, the Department of Education commissioned us to conduct the legislatively mandated 5 year evaluation, which was completed in October 2002. In 2003, The Evaluation Center will complete the last report which will focus on areas that require further study.

88. How Well Are Charter Schools Serving Urban And Minority Students? ERIC/CUE Diges Provides fulltext access to the ERIC Digest of this name which examines if charter schools are actually helping minority students in urban settings. http://www.ericdigests.org/1998-1/charter.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Schwartz, Wendy 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.

89. Evaluation Of The Michigan Charter School Initiative 1st Evaluation of Michigan charter schools (Final Report, January 1999) 2nd Evaluation of Michigan charter schools (Final Report, July 2000) http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/charter/michigan/

Evaluation of the Michigan Charter School Initiative The second report was posted on our web site on October 25, 2000 as per the request of Dr. Donald Weatherspoon, who is our contact for the study at the Michigan Department of Education. 1st Evaluation of Michigan Charter Schools (Final Report, January 1999) 2nd Evaluation of Michigan Charter Schools (Final Report, July 2000) See below the links to individual components of the 2nd report.) "An Evaluation of the Michigan Charter School Initiative: Performance, Accountability and Impact" Authors: Jerry Horn and Gary Miron Executive Summary Table of Contents Chapters 1 - 3 Chapters 4 - 6 ... The Impact of Charter Schools on Public and Parochial Schools: Case Studies of School Districts in Western and Central Michigan The publications are in Adobe Acrobat PDF version 4. To view them, you will need to download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.

90. Connecticut State Department Of Education Information on charter schools, endowed and incorporated academies, regional vocational agriculture centers and other educational institutions, provided in PDF format. http://www.csde.state.ct.us/public/der/directory/index.htm

Connecticut State Department of Education Agency Directory 2002-2003 Some of the material in this section may be in Adobe Acrobat Format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required. Click here to download free Acrobat Reader. Contents Agency E-Mail Addresses Central Office Staff Public Elementary and Secondary Schools in Connecticut Regional School Districts ... District Facilitators - BEST Program and Cooperating Teacher Program If you require further information, please contact: william.choquette@po.state.ct.us Connecticut State Department of Education P.O. Box 2219 Hartford, CT 06145 Telephone: (860) 713-6867 Hard copies are also available, for review, in the Public Information Office. Return to Department of Education Home Page Agency Website Legal Information and Privacy Notices 1 State of Connecticut. All State apply.

91. GADOE.org - School Choices: Charter Schools School Choices charter schools. A charter Education rules. Existing charter schools. Approved Charter Petitions and School Profiles. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/schools/charterschools/index.asp

Home Public Schools Charter Schools EDUCATION IN GEORGIA State Superintendent State Board of Education No Child Left Behind Act State Education Rules Performance Standards Quality Core Curriculum Testing Programs Education Report Card SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA School Safety Student Nutrition Facilities Transportation State Schools Charter Schools Home Schools Private Schools CURRICULUM Instruction Agriculture Education Technology/Career Ed. Testing Programs Exceptional Students Limited English (ESOL) SCHOOL SUPPORT Excellence Recognition Counseling School Improvement Honors and Awards INSIDE DOE DOE/SBOE Newsroom Employment Finances/Budget Policy/External Affairs Information Technology School Choices: Charter Schools A charter school is a public school that operates according to the terms of a charter, or contract, that has been approved by a local board of education and the State Board of Education. The charter school may request waivers from provisions of Title 20 of Georgia state law and any state or local rule, regulation, policy, or procedure relating to schools in the school district. In exchange for this flexibility, the charter school is bound by contract to be held accountable for meeting the performance-based objectives specified in the charter. About the Program Frequently asked questions about the program including forms and information on the Georgia Charter Schools Act and State Board of Education rules Existing Charter Schools Approved Charter Petitions and School Profiles

92. Canadian Charter Schools Centre Welcome to our site read about us and find out more about charter schools. http://www.charterschools.ca/

Welcome to our site- read about us and find out more about charter schools.

93. Maine Association For Charter Schools Organized and run by teachers, parents, and community members. Includes information on legislation relating to charter schools. http://www.mainecharterschools.org/

Massachusetts Charter Leaders' Institute Massachusetts Charter School Leaders’ Institute Full Story The next meeting of the Maine Association for Charter Schools will be Thursday, June 24, from 5-7 pm, at the Mediation Center, 11 King Street, Augusta. We may do a picnic as well! FMI, call 763-3576. Full Story Maine Charter School Meetings Sec. Rod Paige will kick-off National Charter School Week on Monday, May 3rd, at the SAIL charter school in Washington, DC. To view the live web cast of this event, go to www.nnkol.org/live. Full Story Press Release - Jan. 29 Briefing by State Board Maine State Board of Education Will Recommend a Full Story Charter Friends National Network Volunteer News Letter Sign Up To contact MACS macs@mainecharterschools.org

94. Reason Magazine -- April 1998 Reason Online, REASON * April 1998. Class Acts How charter schools are revamping public education in Arizonaand beyond. James K. Glassman. http://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.

95. ED422600 1998-02-00 Charter Schools. ERIC Digest, Number 118. charter schools reflect founders varied philosophies and commit to achieve certain educational outcomes within a certain period, in exchange for waiving many http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed422600.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Hadderman, Margaret Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management Eugene OR. Charter Schools. ERIC Digest, Number 118. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC In seven short years, the U.S. charter-school movement has produced about 800 schools in 29 states and the District of Columbia, enrolling over 100,000 students. Charter schools reflect their founders' varied philosophies, programs, and organizational structures, serve diverse student populations, and are committed to improving public education. Charter schools are freed of many restrictive rules and regulations. In return, these schools are expected to achieve educational outcomes within a certain period (usually three to five years) or have their charters revoked by sponsors (a local school board, state education agency, or university). WHAT EXPLAINS CHARTER SCHOOLS' GROWING POPULARITY?

96. ED410322 1996-11-00 How Well Are Charter Schools Serving Urban And Minority Stud charter schools are created and managed by an entity composed of parents and/ or teachers, community and/or business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and for http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed410322.html

ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Schwartz, Wendy Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education New York NY. How Well Are Charter Schools Serving Urban and Minority Students? ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 119. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC 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.

97. THE JOSIAH BARTLETT CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY Nonpartisan think tank group focused on state and local public policy issues that affect the quality of life of New Hampshire's citizens. Also serves as a clearinghouse for information on charter schools. http://www.jbartlett.org/

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98. Hawaii Association Of Charter Schools Welcome to Hawaii Association of charter schools (HACS), a nonprofit organization created to represent and nurture Hawaii s New Century charter schools. http://www.k12.hi.us/~bwoerner/hacs/

Welcome to Hawaii Association of Charter Schools (HACS), a non-profit organization created to represent and nurture Hawaii's New Century Charter Schools. Last updated September 10, 2002 Contact HACS

99. Independent Education And Parental Choice Charter Schools Independent Public Education charter schools. charter schools are public schools of choice. Since 1996, charter schools have grown from 5 in Florida to 222. http://www.firn.edu/doe/choice/charter.html

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100. Washington Schools - WA Elementary, Middle And High School Information District profiles and lists of schools for each district, including public and charter schools. http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/distlist/WA

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