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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDeveloping Financial Benchmarking Tools for Charter School Authorizers and Intermediaries
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: AuthorizersThis National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance profile showcases efforts by Volunteers of America of Min...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImproving Reading Across Subject Areas With Word Generation
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Student Recruitment, Charter Schools, Leadership, PractitionersThe Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE) is a National Research...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNewSchools' City Fund Strategy
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThe National Charter School Resource Center and the U.S. Department of Education hosted a full-day conference in New Orleans on ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMassachusetts Primer on Special Education and Charter Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Charter Schools, PractitionersThe Massachusetts Primer on Special Education in Charter Schools is divided into three parts: (1) General Information covering l...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking Charter School Facilities More Affordable: State-Driven Policy Approaches
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Facilities, Finance and Fundraising, Facilities, Starting and Operating a Charter and 4 additional..This 2008 U.S. Department of Education report profiles policy interventions by eight states and the District of Columbia intende...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOut of the Debate and Into the Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Research and Evaluation, Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy and 2 additional..Conducted by the American Institutes for Research for the Boston Foundation, this May 2010 report compares disadvantaged student...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkKeeping the Promise: High-Performing Urban Charter Schools in Massachusetts
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThe Massachusetts Charter Public School Association received federal funding to conduct a three-year study of five high-performi...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Success in the Charter Sector
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy and 3 additional..This 2008 report presents findings from exploratory case studies of six charter schools identified due to their reported success...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOpening Procedures Handbook: A Guide for Boards of Trustees and Leaders of New Charter Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis guidebook provides information about all stages of the charter school process and helps founding groups plan to open a new ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInforming the Debate: Comparing Boston's Charter, Pilot, and Traditional Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Research and Evaluation, Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy and 2 additional..This 2009 study compares academic achievement between charter and pilot schools in Boston, Massachusetts. Overall, the authors f...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMassachusetts Charter Schools & Their Feeder Districts: A Demographic Analysis
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis 2004 report from The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy compares the demographic profiles of charter schools in ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCollaboration Compact Between the Boston Public Schools and Boston Alliance of Charter Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Partnerships, Instructional Leadership, Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers and 4 additional..This is the September 2011 collaboration compact between the Boston Public Schools and the Boston Alliance of Charter Schools. S...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWe Should Have Been Bolder ...: Urban Districts Must Restructure or Fail
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis March 2012 brief from Mass Insight discusses reform lessons from top school leaders and the concept of mini-districts or co...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMatch Community Day Charter Public School Application, Boston, Massachusetts
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Student Recruitment and 4 additional..This is the November 8, 2010, application submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for Ma...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStudent Achievement in Massachusetts' Charter Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.This 2011 report from the Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research evaluates the impact of charter school attenda...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharter School Performance in Massachusetts
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Research and Evaluation, Charter SchoolsThis February 2013 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) focuses on the performance of Massachusetts...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhen Charter Schools and Non-Chartered Schools Work Together: A Grant to Encourage Collaboration
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Partnerships, Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Instructional Leadership and 4 additional..This April 2013 article provides highlights and lessons from discussions and presentations at a meeting of recipients of the U.S...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSuccessful Charter Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Authorizers, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis 2004 report from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement discusses elements of effective ch...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFresh Water in the Arctic
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Biochemistry, Experimentation and the Scientific Method, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science and 13 additional..Scientists are watching the Arctic Ocean closely, and measuring the growing amount of fresh water to see how it could affect the...Contributor: Changing Planet - NBC Learn (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Art and Life of William H. Johnson
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing ArtsStudents examine works by African American painter William H. Johnson to learn about his milieu as well as his style. This set o...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0