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ABC's of Charter Schools
Maine's Need
Maine's Legislation
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National Charter Schools
Related Educational Issues
MACS Information |
National Organizations
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National Charter Schools Institute |
New national clearinghouse for information, training for
charter school leaders and chartering authorizers, on-line library,
external experts... Housed at Central Michigan University, In
2003, NCSI will offer a virtual training center and clearinghouse as
well as an administrator leadership program. Dr. Teressa V. Staten,
President. 989-774-2999;
charter@cmich.edu |
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The National Charter School Clearinghouse |
Andrea Zavislak, Communications Coordinator
Phone number: 602-954-1414 Fax number: 602-954-1415 Address: 3900 E.
Camelback, Suite 312 Phoenix, AZ 85018-2615;
www.ncsc.info |
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National Alliance for
Public Charter Schools |
Provides coordination of efforts to promote charter schools
nationwide, National Charter Schools Week, forums on policy issues, and
technical assistance. Publishes weekly online newsletter about charter
school issues and happenings. Director is Andrew Smarick, andy@publiccharters.org,
202-270-5755.http://www.publiccharters.org/ |
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Education
Commission of the States |
ECS provides a wide variety
of information and research on public charter school policy and
practice. www.ecs.org |
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Education Evolving |
New group in Minnesota that provides research on choice and charter
school issues, student achievement, governance, etc. Director is Jon
Schroeder. Address: 351 East Kellogg Blvd, Saint Paul, MN, 55101; Tel
601-789-3096, fax 651-789-3098;
info@educationevolving.org; http://www.educationevolving.org/ |
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Charter facilities
Funding, LLC |
Makes available New Market Tax Credits to
help finance renovation and construction of charter schools. Technical
assistance is also offered. James Badgley is the
nationwide program coordinator, 510-841-4822, Berkeley, CA email-jbadgley@charterfacilities.com. |
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Center for Education Reform |
Publishes annual Directory of Public Charter
Schools and other reports on charter schools. http://edreform.com/ |
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The Charter Coalition |
Brings together several organizations
that focus on technical assistance and raising capital for facilities
for public charter schools. The Director is John Holdsclaw.
jholdsclaw@ncbdc.org.The Charter Coalition c/o NCBDC, 1725 Eye St,
NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006, 202-218-7289,
www.thechartercoalition.org |
Charter School Policy Institute
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301 Congress Way, Suite 2060, Austin, Texas
78701; Phone 512-371-8888; Email:
contact@charterschoolpolicy.org,
www.charterschoolpolicy.org. |
Additional
National Resources
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Facilities |
Facility financing and
technical assistance |
http://www.charterfacilities.com/
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Invest in bonds for charter
school facilities This new financial resource will help charter schools
finance their facilities, by making bonds available for investment by
the public. |
http://www.schoolbonds.net/
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Building Choice |
http://www.buildingchoice.org/
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Leadership |
New Leaders for New
Schools - Jon Schnur, former US DOE assistant secretary,
recently founded this training program for principals and other school
leaders. |
http://www,nlns.org/ |
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Leadership for Educational
Entrepreneurs - an 18 month Master's degree training program for charter
school leaders, funded by the US DOE (80% tuition waiver), and located
at Arizona State University. |
Director is Dr. Eleanor
Perry, 602-543-6300. FMI, contact LEEP@asu.edu,
www.west.asu.edu/LEEP |
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Building Excellent Schools
- Provides Fellowships for training leaders of public chartered schools.
Fellowships are for 12 months, full-time, centered in Boston but
residency in Boston is not required. Stipends provided. |
http://www.buildingexcellentschools.org/ |
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KIPP Academy Leadership
Fellowships - KIPP's unique fellowship gives potential charter school organizers a
year of intense training and sets them up to open their own academically
rigorous middle school. The year-long program includes a six-week
institute at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Haas School
of Business, three one-month residencies at high-performing schools all
over the U.S, and six months of on-site school development in the
community where the school will be located. Fellows receive a stipend of
$50,000 and a solid benefits package. Applicants must provide a two-page
cover letter, a resume, and three references. A description of the
application procedure can be found at www.kipp.org/apply. Watch
the 60 minutes coverage on KIPP at www.kipp.org/media. |
Matt Candler VP, School
Development KIPP Foundation 345 Spear, #510 San Francisco, CA 94108
mcandler@kipp.org 415.874.7383 phone 415.348.0588 fax http://www.kipp.org/
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Charter teach -
Supports charter school teachers in the San Francisco area. |
http://www.charterteach.org/
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General Business |
Charter School Business
Management - A newsletter for charter school business and facility
managers. The October 2004 issue focuses on facility concerns.
www.charterschoolbusiness.com |
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George
Lucas Educational Foundation |
This foundation documents
and disseminates models of the most innovative practices in US K-12
schools through creation of media, including video documentaries, films,
books, newsletters, CD-Roms and DVD's. |
http://www.glef.org/ |
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