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2014 K-12 Horizon Report
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, Community College to UndergraduateSubjects: STEM Education, Learning Theories, Instructional Strategies, Education Materials, Technology2014 report dedicated to impactful education technology trends, services and strategies.Contributor: Eddy AvelarViews: 0Favorites: 0Volunteers of America of Minnesota Charter School Sponsorship Program
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Petition Review, Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Leadership, AuthorizersA U.S. Department of Education profile of the first nonprofit in the nation to become a charter school authorizer, which focuses...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0School Restructuring Options Under No Child Left Behind: What Works When? Reopening as a Charter School
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Governing Boards, Staffing, Starting and Operating a Charter, Conversion and Turnaround and 3 additional..Developed by the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, this guide focuses on reopening existing schools as cha...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Retrofitting Bureaucracy: Factors Influencing Charter Schools' Access to Federal Entitlement Programs
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Starting and Operating a Charter, Research and Evaluation, Legal Issues and 5 additional..This 2010 research study from the Center on Innovation & Improvement focuses on how states have adapted existing regulations and...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0A Turnaround Case Study: CMO's Centralized Leadership, Teacher Incentives Examined
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Instructional Leadership, Practitioners, Staffing, Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment and 5 additional..A 2009 case study involving the Mastery Charter School Organization and Pickett Charter Middle School, Philadelphia, Pa., looks ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0High Stakes: Findings from a National Study of Life-or-Death Decisions by Charter School Authorizers
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Renewing, Research and Evaluation, Charter Schools, AuthorizersThis report details key findings from a Public Impact study of 50 high-stakes decisions made by charter school authorizers and i...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Special Education Challenges and Opportunities in the Charter School Sector
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Special Populations, Research and Evaluation, Legal Issues, Policy and 4 additional..This report explores the various difficulties charter schools face related to educating children with disabilities and examines ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Holding Charter Authorizers Accountable: Why It Is Important and How It Might Be Done
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Governing Boards, Legal Issues, Policy, Charter Schools and 2 additional..Developed by the Center on Reinventing Public Education's National Charter School Research Project, this 2006 white paper examin...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Supporting Charter School Excellence Through Quality Authorizing
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Charter Schools, Finance and Fundraising and 3 additional..This U.S. Department of Education-funded report identifies common practices among high-quality authorizing offices, identifies p...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Grassroot Institute of Hawaii: Military Charter School Pilot Project
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Charter Schools, Finance and Fundraising and 3 additional..This report from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, covering work by the Institute from 2004-2006, outlines a proposal for a Mil...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Maryland Department of Legislative Services, Fiscal and Policy Note: Public Charter Schools Located on a Military Base
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Facilities, Student Recruitment, Starting and Operating a Charter, Charter Schools and 3 additional..This is a Department of Legislative Services analysis of the Maryland General Assembly legislation passed in 2010 that provides ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (Supports Starting Charters on Bases)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Facilities, Legal Issues, Policy, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis Report of the Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (Deferred and Noncash Compensation) from the U.S. Departmen...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Ready and Able: Preparing Principals to Lead Our Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, Starting and Operating a Charter, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis March 2010 report by Robert C. Hughes, CEO of the National Institute for School Leadership (NISL), and Richard Moglia-Canno...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Native Language and Culture-Based Education, Hawai'i Charter School's Development and Program Description
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Leadership, AuthorizersThis May 2011 U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee testimony from Alvin N. Parker, Principal of Ka Waihona o ka Naauao Public Ch...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Native Language and Culture-Based Education, Pueblo of Jemez Written Testimony, Charter Schools Established
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Starting and Operating a Charter, Policy, Leadership, AuthorizersThis May 2011 U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee testimony from the Pueblo of Jemez in north central New Mexico covers a reorg...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Making a Difference? The Effects of Teach for America in High School
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Instructional Leadership, Practitioners, Staffing, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis 2007 report examines the effectiveness of Teach for America teachers in secondary schools, especially in math and science. ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Alternative Certification of Teachers
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, Practitioners, Staffing, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis 2008 report examines the effectiveness of alternatively certified teachers and attempts to cast new light on the issues in ...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Instructional Leadership, Professional Development, Practitioners, Staffing and 2 additional..This 2009 report examines the effects on student achievement of teachers who chose to be trained through different routes to cer...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Recruiting Effective Math Teachers, How Do Math Immersion Teachers Compare?: Evidence from New York City
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, Practitioners, Staffing, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis 2009 study examines the success of the Math Immersion component of the New York City Teaching Fellows program. Math Immersi...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0Achievement First: Developing A Teacher Performance Management System that Recognizes Excellence
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Instructional Leadership, Practitioners, Staffing, Charter Schools, LeadershipThis March 2011 report from The Aspen Institute Education & Society Program provides an extensive description of the Achievement...Contributor: National Charter School Resource CenterViews: 0Favorites: 0