Charter schools
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Charter school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charter schools are elementary or secondary schools in the United States that receive public money but have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply ... (more...)
US Charter Schools Home
The US Charter Schools Web site is a place where charter school developers, authorizers, and operators can meet, exchange ideas, and access a valuable resource library. The Charter ... (more...)
Charter School of Wilmington
Charter School of Wilmington. ... Our vision is to continuously build on our success as the leading independent public school by expanding and creating more opportunities for a ... (more...)
Charter Schools Program
This program provides financial assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation of charter schools, and the dissemination of information on charter schools. (more...)
US Charter Schools Overview Page
Over one million students are enrolled in more than 3,500 schools in 40 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico this year. (more...)
Charter Schools Map USA from The Center for Education Reform
The Center for Education Reform [CER] is a national, independent, non-profit advocacy organization providing support and guidance to individuals, community and civic groups ... (more...)
Perspectives Charter Schools
December 12, 2008 Ernst & Young continues Holiday Giving » December 02, 2008 Tyra Banks visits Joslin Campus » (more...)
The Charter School of Excellence
The Charter School of Excellence in Fort Lauderdale is an A+ accredited, tuition-free public charter school serving grades K-5. It was one of the first charter schools to open in ... (more...)
High school scoreboard - Echo Press
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State fails children by capping charter schools - Boston Herald
T his should be the easiest math quiz ever. The Boston Foundation compared student performance in regular public schools, ?pilot? schools and charter schools. The results were glaringly obvious. Charter school students outperformed all others ... (more...)
EdisonLearning to Open First Online Charter School - PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers differentiating instruction in real-time based on students' performance during a lesson; and students connecting science lessons to the multimedia content on the Web; this is what EdisonLearning's first ... (more...)
Pawlenty, lawmakers want to mandate sharing for Minnesota schools - DL-Online
ST. PAUL ? Schools save money when they combine business-office services, so Gov. Tim Pawlenty and a coalition of state legislators want to require cooperation. ?There are 340 school districts and 150 charter schools in the state, but back-room ... (more...)
Districts lobby to halt new charter schools - Salt Lake Tribune
School districts are quietly lobbying the State Board of Education to place a moratorium on new charter schools, at least until the economy rebounds. The board hasn't seriously weighed the matter. And whether it could take such action without ... (more...)
Letter to the editor: N.B. mayor: It's time to hold off on charter ... - Gloucester Daily Times
As mayor of the city of New Bedford ? a community that is home to a charter school ? I am offering my perspective based on the challenges we face in providing funding to our public schools under the current charter school financing system, and in ... (more...)
Lawmakers warm to charter schools - Nashua Telegraph
Democrats appear to be changing position on chartered public schools, which is good for children and good for the state. Increasingly, Democrats are expressing support for the charter school concept, the methods and approaches these schools use, and ... (more...)
Charter schools help jail inmates graduate - WOKV.com
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Albert Aragon dreams of working in real estate one day, but the 29-year-old jail inmate is a high school dropout who believes employers don't hire people with general equivalency diplomas. Now he has a chance to get his high ... (more...)