41. Technology For Charter Schools Too: A Team-Based Training Model charter schools Growth. charter schools are a growing phenomenon in education. In September 2002, there were 79 charter schools in minnesota alone. http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A4376.cfm

May 2004 Click Here Technology for Charter Schools Too: A Team-Based Training Model By Daniel Wendol and Tom King, Ph.D. April 2003 - Feature Last summer, 100 minnesota teachers, administrators and technology coordinators from 15 schools - 11 of which were charter schools - confirmed their commitment to improving technology integration in K-12 education by attending the Teams for Technology (T4T) training program. T4T, a Technology Literacy Challenge Fund (TLCF) grant project funded by Minnesota, was designed and implemented by vivED Corp. and the University of St. Thomas' School of Education to provide administrators and teachers with the tools and skills required to make systemwide technology integration possible. Dubbed "Teams for Technology," the intent was to create a new level of cooperation between school leaders and teachers by providing them with a better understanding of education technology and the specific challenges encountered by each group in the school community. Charter Schools' Growth Charter schools are a growing phenomenon in education. In September 2002, there were 79 charter schools in Minnesota alone. Since becoming the first state in the nation to authorize charter schools in 1991, Minnesota, like many other states, has experienced a steady growth in the number of requests to districts and the state for charter school authorization. Those wishing to start a charter school must obtain a sponsorship from a state-approved nonprofit organization (in Minnesota) or a district. An existing school board may also convert one or more of its institutions to charter school status if 60% of a school's teachers sign a petition approving conversion. Much work goes into these applications, although approval is not guaranteed.

42. Charter Schools: A New Breed Of Public Schools Report 2, 1993 minnesota s First charter schools. minnesota legislators want a variety of charter School models that will influence change in existing public schools. http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/93-2mn.htm

NCREL's Policy Briefs Charter Schools: A New Breed of Public Schools Report 2, 1993 Pathways home page Contents Previous section ... Next section Minnesota's Legislation City Academy came into existence as a result of Minnesota's historic 1991 Charter School legislation, the first in the nation. The pioneering charter law called for up to eight teacher-created and -operated, outcome-based Charter Schools across the state that would be free of most state laws and state and local education rules. Renewable Minnesota charters would be granted for three years. In 1993, new Minnesota charter legislation authorized existing public schools to become charters if 90 percent of a school's teachers supported the action. A 1993 amendment now allows the state board to approve Charter Schools without local board approval in some situations. Choice Context The idea of Charter Schools arose, in part, out of the statewide debate over school choice. Between 1985 and 1988, Minnesota began to enhance its reputation as an educational innovator when it became the first state to pass statewide public school choice legislation. Minnesota legislators hoped that Charter Schools would expand the number of real educational choices available to students and their parents. Charter Schools were intended to complement Minnesota's parental choice system to create a choice option not dependent on vouchers. In spring 1993, Minnesota Governor Carlson sent legislators a letter urging them to "take the cap off" charter schools and authorize an unrestricted number. The legislature expanded the number of available statewide charters from 8 to 20. With this limit, the choice options still will not directly affect the vast majority of Minnesota students, but the legislation has opened the way for a school board on its own initiative to convert an existing school from administered to charter status.

43. Charter Schools. ERIC Digest 1. charter schools in California, Colorado, and minnesota have had their contracts renewed because they produced measurable achievement gains, including that http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/charter.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Hadderman, Margaret Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management Eugene OR. Charter Schools. ERIC Digest, Number 118. 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? Some members of the public are dissatisfied with educational quality and school district bureaucracies (Jenkins and Dow 1996). Today's charter-school initiatives are rooted in the educational reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, from state mandates to improve instruction, to school-based management, school restructuring, and private/public-choice initiatives. Many people, President Clinton among them, see charter schools, with their emphasis on autonomy and accountability, as a workable political compromise and an alternative to vouchers. The charter approach uses market principles while insisting that schools be nonsectarian and democratic. For founders, starting a brand-new school is an exhausting, yet exhilarating experience that "stirs the creative and adaptive juices of everyone involved" (Ray Budde 1996).

44. Charter Schools: An Approach For Rural Education? ERIC Digest. studies funded by the US Department of Education offer a detailed look at charter schools nationwide (RPP International and University of minnesota, 1997; RPP 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.

45. Washington Charter Public Schools fall. BY JOHN WELSH ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS. It took minnesota s charter schools 10 years to reach the 10,000student enrollment mark. http://www.wacharterschools.org/us_up_duluth_01_29_04.htm

Duluth News Tribune, Monday, December 29, 2003 http://www.duluthsuperior.com Charter schools open in record numbers As many as 15,000 students could be enrolled next fall. BY JOHN WELSH ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS It took Minnesota's charter schools 10 years to reach the 10,000-student enrollment mark. But with rapidly expanding interest, charter schools may reach 20,000 students in half that time. For the second year in a row, the Minnesota Department of Education has approved a record number of charter school applications. Twenty schools were approved in this year's recently completed round of applications and could open next fall. The growth is attributed to a number of reasons: increased comfort with public charter schools, the entry of new nonprofit organizations getting involved with charter schools and additional money and technical support offered to schools. "I'm not sure you can pin any one reason for the increase," said Morgan Brown, director of choice and innovation at the state education department. "Each school has its own story. Part of the growth is because families in general at all income levels are becoming more savvy about their education options, and charter schools are a part of that." The expansion is expected to mean that, come next fall, Minnesota will have more than 100 charter schools with an enrollment of 15,000.

46. PPI: Ripples Of Innovation: Charter Schooling In Minnesota, The Nation's First C elsewhere in the country as well. minnesota s next generation of national leadership on charter schools and chartering can draw upon http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?contentid=252555&subsecid=134&knlgAreaID=110

47. Charter School - Minnesota - A Charter School Has Open Enrollment, So If You'd L minnesota Association of charter schools. 2004 or 2005. To see your minnesota charter School web site listed on this page follow the link! Copyright http://www.servicesdirectory.us/dir/340/24.php

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48. Pioneer Press 12/29/2003 EDUCATION Charter Schools Mark A EDUCATION charter schools mark a record. BY JOHN WELSH Pioneer Press. It took minnesota s charter schools 10 years to reach the 10,000student enrollment mark. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/7587282.htm

49. Pioneer Press 03/29/2004 Charter Schools Scramble To Get At the minnesota Internship charter School s two sites in Minneapolis, a few passenger vans and a fleet of Somaliowned taxis are helping the school transport http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/8300387.htm

50. Rural Minnesota’s Charter Schools -- Rural Policy Matters, Volume 2, Number 7 ( Rural Policy Matters a newsletter of rural school and community action Rural minnesota’s charter schools. The minnesota charter http://www.ruraledu.org/rpm/rpm207b.htm

Home About Us Search Publications ... Practice Volume 2, Number 7 July 2000 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Colorado Charters: An Antidote for Consolidation? Rural Minnesota’s Charter Schools Editor's Note on charter schools and the Rural Trust Charters:Raising Questions ... Archives Rural Policy Matters a newsletter of rural school and community action Rural Minnesota’s Charter Schools The Minnesota charter law has helped small rural communities create new innovative schools, and retain strong public schools which otherwise were in danger of being consolidated. This would have forced youngsters to go many miles from home, and might well have been the end of their innovative practices. The Minnesota New Country School (MNCS) in Henderson, Minnesota is frequently cited as another example of a newly chartered school that is contributing to the economic vitality of its community as well as offering a distinctive educational choice for rural students. The school, started in 1994, is a secondary school, with a project-based curriculum serving 150 students, grades 7-12, who come from ten different districts. MNCS is located on the Main Street of Henderson, population 900. Many of the projects MNCS students complete are drawn from community resources and local folks contribute their talents and knowledge to help students. The study of local issues and natural resources is a major focus of the school. The discovery of deformed frogs near the school five years ago has resulted in a major research project and extended to other outdoor studies. The school has received several awards and much recognition for their research.

51. Minnesota Web Directory: Education Children (St. Paul); minnesota Association of charter schools; minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; minnesota Association http://www.metronet.lib.mn.us/mn/mn-ed.html

Site Index Comments Metronet Linking Twin Cities Area Libraries and Media Centers Homepage About Metronet Grant Projects Just For Librarians ... Libcat Guide Sections Arts Associations Business - B2B Services ... Add a site Minnesota Web Directory Education Categories State Government and Education University of Minnesota University of Minnesota, Twin Cities State Colleges and Universities ... Other State Government and Education Department of Education InforMNs (Minnesota K-12 Project) University of Minnesota University of Minnesota, Crookston University of Minnesota, Duluth University of Minnesota, Morris University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Academic Health Center Carlson School of Management Center for Farm Financial Management (U of MN) Offers demo version of software packages Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Charles Babbage Institute Continuing Medical Education Farm Safety and Health in Minnesota Resources and links from the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Department, University of Minnesota's Extension Service Immigration History Research Center "An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. It maintains archival and library collections, sponsors academic and public programs, and publishes bibliographic and scholarly works."

52. The Merrow Report- Charter Schools (web Sites) CAREI, at the University of minnesota, has a report on minnesota charters and a clickable state charter school map with a list of charter schools and contacts http://www.pbs.org/merrow/tv/charter/web_sites.html

EDUCATION'S BIG GAMBLE: CHARTER SCHOOLS Web Sites... American Association of School Administrators Arizona Department of Education Charter Schools in Arizona + more web links. California Department of Education Information on Charter Schools in the Golden State. Center for Applied Research and Education Improvement (CAREI) CAREI, at the University of Minnesota, has a report on Minnesota charters and a "clickable" state charter school map with a list of charter schools and contacts. Center for Education Reform (CER) This site has information about charter schools, and the CER newsletter is accessible. The site has an excellent database, including state-by-state charts on school reform and charter schools. Charter Schools Development Center helps public education make the leap from a highly-regulated, process-based system to one that allows and encourages schools to be more creative, performance-based centers of effective teaching and learning. Educator's Reference Desk provides access to a resource collection, lesson plans, question archive and ERIC database.

53. Charter Schools Attracting Japanese - The Washington Times: World Briefings After Satsuki Tanaka, a Japanese primary school teacher, visited charter schools in minnesota and California, she said Teachers do their job with confidence http://washingtontimes.com/world/20040408-104644-5195r.htm

April 09, 2004 Advertise Subscribe Site Map Front Page ... Briefly Roundup/ Asia Al Qaeda a target early, Rice says Mayor proposes baseball stadium at RFK Clinton expresses doubts on 9/11 Cheney set to leave for Asia ... Burglar found showering in robbed apt. Charter schools attracting Japanese By Takehiko Kambayashi THE WASHINGTON TIMES More Japanese are dissatisfied with their rigid, standardized education practices and say Japan needs a kind of school where children's initiatives are encouraged. Some found models at charter schools in the United States. Educators, specialists, university students and business people recently flew to the United States to examine charter schools. After Satsuki Tanaka, a Japanese primary school teacher, visited charter schools in Minnesota and California, she said: "Teachers do their job with confidence and philosophy, and students say they really like their school. These are basics, but I felt envious." In October, the 21st Century Research Institute, a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization, visited 10 charter schools in Minnesota, its second study trip in two years. In February, teachers and students of Minnesota New Country School were invited to conferences in Tokyo to talk about their school. The events drew about 300 people and national attention. Miss Tanaka, who chairs the Center to Promote Japanese-Style Charter Schools, a nonprofit organization near Tokyo, said the Japanese education system "needs diversity. While affluent families can have some options in education, many others cannot."

54. Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - SCHOOL REALLY MATTERS TCA a charter school that works By Kwame JC McDonald minnesota SpokesmanRecorder acquiring credentials to not only teach in public schools, but also http://spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=17195&sID=38

55. Charter Schools Build On A Decade Of Experimentation | Csmonitor.com It opened in 1994, two years after minnesota started the first charter school in the United States. MELANIE STETSON FREEMAN STAFF/FILE. http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0107/p15s02-lepr.html

WORLD USA COMMENTARY LEARNING ... Text Edition Search: In this week's Learning section: Reading, writing, and ... war? 'Roll up your sleeves. Let the work begin.' A second look at the biology lab California students fall into state budget gap ... Kidspace A weekly feature for students aged 6 to 14. Teachers : Don't miss our Kidspace archive Most-viewed stories: (for 06/09/04) Antidote to 'Iraq is Vietnam' What UN resolution on Iraq will accomplish For Bush, a good week Democrats strike back on faith issue ... Learning from the January 07, 2003 edition ORIGINS: Students at Minnesota New Country School work on a project. The school's learning philosophy has made it a model for other charter schools. It opened in 1994, two years after Minnesota started the first charter school in the United States. MELANIE STETSON FREEMAN - STAFF/FILE Charter schools build on a decade of experimentation Ten years later, what have we learned? By Marjorie Coeyman NEW YORK There could hardly have been a more glorious day for the Bronx Preparatory Charter School. Despite numbing December temperatures, the school's chorus sang spiritedly as founder Kristin Kearns Jordan, shovel in hand, smiled for the TV cameras and then turned over a chunk of soil in an empty lot, making way for a new state-of-the-art home for her school.

56. ERIC Digest 118 - Charter Schools charter schools in California, Colorado, and minnesota have had their contracts renewed because they produced measurable achievement gains, including that of http://eric.uoregon.edu/publications/digests/digest118.html

Clearinghouse on Educational Policy and Management Previous (Digest 117) PDF Version Next (Digest 119) ERIC Digest 118 - February 1998 Charter Schools By Margaret Hadderman 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? Some members of the public are dissatisfied with educational quality and school district bureaucracies (Jenkins and Dow 1996). Today's charter-school initiatives are rooted in the educational reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, from state mandates to improve instruction, to school-based management, school restructuring, and private/public-choice initiatives. Many people, President Clinton among them, see charter schools, with their emphasis on autonomy and accountability, as a workable political compromise and an alternative to vouchers. The charter approach uses market principles while insisting that schools be nonsectarian and democratic. For founders, starting a brand-new school is an exhausting, yet exhilarating experience that "stirs the creative and adaptive juices of everyone involved" (Ray Budde 1996).

57. K12 : Participating Schools - Virtual Academy, Virtual School, Charter School, A open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in minnesota. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Virtual charter School The Pennsylvania Virtual charter School is http://www.k12.com/virtual_academy/participating_schools.html

Order Catalog Contact Us K12 Virtual Academy : Participating Schools Virtual Academies are generally open to all residents of the state; restrictions may apply. Arizona Arizona Virtual Academy The proposed Arizona Virtual Academy will be open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in Arizona. Arkansas Arkansas Virtual School The Arkansas Virtual School is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in Arkansas. Students in the Arkansas Virtual School must be residents of participating school districts. California California Virtual Academy at Kern The California Virtual Academy at Kern is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in the following counties: Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, Ventura. California Virtual Academy at Kings The California Virtual Academy at Kings is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in Fresno County. California Virtual Academy at San Diego The California Virtual Academy at San Diego is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in the following counties: Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Diego. California Virtual Academy at Jamestown The California Virtual Academy at Jamestown is open to students in grades kindergarten through eight in the following counties: Alpine, Calaveras, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Tuolumne.

58. Charter Schools: How Have They Progressed? -- July, 2002 In minnesota, charter schools have rejuvenated small community schools that were on the verge of extinction and the same could happen in Vermont. http://home.adelphia.net/~frankmazur/charters_07_02.htm

Return to Main Page Charter Schools: How have they progressed? by Rep. Frank Mazur, Chittenden 3-7 (07/04/02) Charter schools are independent public schools and because they’re free from bureaucratic regulations they can be more innovative and flexible than traditional public schools. Teachers, parents, business or other would be educators apply for permission from their local education authority to open a school, operating with taxpayer dollars, just like public schools. Some Charter schools are restricted from picking their own students but can develop a curriculum and approaches to meet specific needs of the community such as science, arts-orientation or even programs for special needs or gifted students. Rigorous accounting and accountability is expected and if they don’t provide an adequate education as agreed to in the charter, they can be closed. The first charter school started 10 years ago in Minnesota. Nationally, there are over 2400 charter schools with more than a half million students. Thirty-eight states have charter schools of various kinds. Arizona has 437 charter schools and California 350. Public schools have had years to excel but data shows more than half of public school students perform below the “proficiency” level. Also, many still equate education quality with dollars spent but studies show no correlation. However, there are a sufficient number of charter schools to begin to evaluate and compare how they stack up to public schools. Results show positive impacts for children who attend them and the public schools within their districts.

59. Charter Schools Development Center or their charter may be revoked. The first charter school law was passed in minnesota in 1992. California was the second state to http://www.csus.edu/ier/charter/faqs.html

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60. Charter Schools Development Center in minnesota a national organization that supports charter schools, and was the official responsible for charter schools in minnesota s Department of http://www.csus.edu/ier/charter/chartrandtab.html

The Charter Schools Development Center has moved to www.cacharterschools.org Our expanded site offers a greater variety of resources, services, and updates for charter school developers, operators, and granting-agencies. You will automatically be redirected in 20 seconds. If you are not automatically taken to the new site, use the link above. Please change any bookmark or links you may have to the old address.

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