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Insights into Alternative Certification: Initial Findings From a National Study
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Practitioners, Staffing, Leadership, Charter Schools, Professional DevelopmentThis 2007 article describes seven alternative certification programs in detail, drawing on interviews and document reviews. The ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Teacher Stability and Turnover in Los Angeles: The Influence of Teacher and School Characteristics
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Staffing, Leadership, Charter SchoolsThis July 2011 working paper from the University of California, Berkeley, examines teacher turnover in Los Angeles public school...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Summary of the Work of Seven Districts (Note: Includes Charter Group)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, LeadershipThis June 2011 report from the American Institutes for Research gauges the extent of Common Core State Standards implementation ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0USDA Community Food Projects Program Has Awarded Grants to Charter Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Finance and Fundraising, Leadership, Charter SchoolsCharter schools have received grants to support development of community food projects through a program operated by the U.S. De...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Leadership, Charter SchoolsWritten by researchers at the University of Arkansas, this Summer 2010 EducationNext article examines demographics at charter sc...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Key Questions for Charter Schools Considering the Special Education Cooperative Model
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Practitioners, Charter SchoolsThis is a list of key questions for charter school leaders who are considering a cooperative model for providing special educati...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Charter School Special Education Cooperatives
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Practitioners, Charter SchoolsThis 2011 study from the National Charter School Resource Center focuses on the special education cooperative as a model for pro...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Special Education Local Plan Area Reorganization Report, Los Angeles Unified School District
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Practitioners, Charter SchoolsThe Special Education Local Plan Area Reorganization report was approved January 4, 2011, by the Los Angeles Unified School Dist...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Effects of the Implementation of Proposition 227 on the Education of English Learners, K-12
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Student Recruitment, Special Populations, Practitioners, Leadership, Charter SchoolsThis report examines the impact of Proposition 227, which was passed in California in June 1998, on the education of English lan...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Similar English Learner Students, Different Results: Why Do Some Schools Do Better?
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Student Recruitment, Special Populations, Practitioners, Leadership, Charter SchoolsThe authors examine Academic Performance Index and survey data in more than 200 California elementary schools. They explore why ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Case Study: Using Loans to Support Charter School Expansion
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Finance and Fundraising, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy and 2 additional..This National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance profile examines the California Charter Schools Associati...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 02009 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning?
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Research and Evaluation and 2 additional..Released in March 2010, the Brown Center Report includes an examination of conversion charter schools, drawing on two decades of...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Research and Evaluation and 2 additional..This study, conducted by RAND researchers, used student-level data to compare public charter schools in Chicago, San Diego, Phil...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0How Diverse Schools Affect Student Mobility: Charter, Magnet, and Newly Built Campuses in Los Angeles
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Research and Evaluation and 2 additional..This July 2011 working paper from the University of California, Berkeley, examines the patterns and influences driving student m...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0The Other Lottery: Are Philanthropists Backing the Best Charter Schools?
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Research and Evaluation and 2 additional..This June 2011 report from the Cato Institute states that its analysis of philanthropic support for charter schools in Californi...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Rocketship Charter Schools Founder Q&A
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, LeadershipIn this interview in The Christian Science Monitor, Rocketship Education charter schools founder John Danner discusses his netwo...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Exploring Success in the Charter Sector
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Special Populations, Practitioners, Starting and Operating a Charter 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: 0Federal Grants Aid Health Care Project at Charter School
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Finance and Fundraising, Leadership, Charter SchoolsTwo grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that together total about $2.3 million are being...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0El Sol Science and Arts Academy (Santa Ana, California) Family Handbook, 2011-2012
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, LeadershipThis is the 2011-2012 Family Handbook for El Sol Science and Arts Academy in Santa Ana, California. It describes the school's po...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0California Department of Education: How Do I Start a Charter School?
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Authorizers, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Leadership, Charter SchoolsThe California Department of Education maintains this website with critical information needed to start a charter school in the ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0