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Recent Stories of the
Success of
Charter Schools in Other States!
March 2007
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“Our schools can do better"
Last year, I visited High Tech High Charter School in San
Diego; it's an amazing school where educators have augmented traditional
teaching methods with a rigorous, project-centered curriculum.”
Bill Gates, The Washington Post, 2/25/07 |
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Pennsylvania Charters Continue to
Grow
60,000 students in charters and another 26,000 on
waiting lists
http://www.pittsburghlive.com 2/26/07 |
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Indianapolis May Follow Charter Lead and
Move to
Longer School Year
Superintendent releases proposal for six additional weeks for
middle schoolers http://www.indystar.com 2/26/07 |
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Senators Landrieu and Alexander Announce
Senate Public Charter Schools Caucus
The caucus will be source of information on benefits of charter schools.
“One of the great developments in education over the past few decades
has been the advent of widespread choice within the public school
system. It’s hard to argue against providing families with options to
choose from in meeting the particular educational needs of their
children.” www.publiccharters.org, 3/2/07 |
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick supports charter
schools.
“The governor is right about the importance of charter schools. A recent
Department of Education study of several years of MCAS data showed that
charter students did as well or better than their district counterparts
90 percent of the time, with 30 percent outscoring districts by
significant margins.”
Paul Sagan and Bill Teuber, The Boston Globe, February
20, 2007 |
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“Charter schools are one of the great success stories of
education reform in Massachusetts....
On last spring's MCAS, almost 75 % of [the 59] Commonwealth charter
schools outperformed their host districts in English and math... Almost
one-fifth... surpassed their local district average by over 20 points.
Some of the highest performing charter schools are located in some of
the lowest achieving school districts. This kind of performance reveals
the powerful promise of charter schools to raise expectations for what
public education can become -- especially for students from historically
underserved communities.
James A. Peyser, The Boston Globe, February 20, 2007 |
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Charter Schools are the Future
“Philadelphia needs more charters as Vallas increasingly
standardizes the curricula. A standard curriculum strengthens top
administrators and helps the large numbers of Philadelphia students who
transfer during the school year. Though standardization works for
"average" students, it bores the gifted and leaves at-risk students
behind. These students need more options, which explains why
Philadelphia charter schools have 20,000 students on their waiting
lists.” Robert Maranto, Philadelphis Inquirer, 3/5/07 |
* MACS would be glad to lend you a copy of the annual "Directory of Public
Charter Schools".
To received a free copy of the US Department of Education’s June 2004
publication, "Successful Charter Schools," which highlights 8 diverse
charter schools around the country, email
macs@mainecharterschools.org
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