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Helpful Information on Charter Schools (2003)

May 19, 2003.  Letter to Indiana charter school friends regarding helpful materials on charter schools, such as The New ESEA: What it Means for Charter Schools and a few tips on Turning Struggles into Opportunities.

Becoming A Parent With Choice (2003)

A Grassroots Informational and Leadership Development Program, tailored to New York parents.

National Charter School Survey (2003)

A form compiled by CER to gather data from charter schools for CER’s National Charter School Directory.

Truth In Spending: The Cost of Not Educating Our Kids — An Update (1998)

June 1998. Billions of dollars continue to be wasted, absorbed by layers of administration and countless regulations that serve only to stifle dynamic innovation and school-level reform.

Finishing College (1999)

December 1999.  A summary of findings from a unique U.S. Department of Education Report, Answers in the Tool Box: Academic Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor’s Degree Attainment. 

Charter Schools: A Progress Report — Part III: The Ripple Effect (1999)

The Center for Education Reform documents how charters are impacting individual schools, changing the attitudes of whole districts, and benefiting public education over all.

Charter Schools: A Progress Report — Part I: Achievement Addendum (1998)

On October 14, 1998 The Center for Education Reform released the first of a series of reports that document the maturation of charter schools. But before the press could cool more achievement data splashed across state newspapers, so we’re keeping our readers up to date.

Charter School Legislation: State Rankings Criteria (1998)

The scores in this table are based on the current status of each law (through December 1998). These ratings are part of CER’s annual charter school rating report, Charter School Laws Across the States.

Number of Charter Schools Operating from 1992-2000

December, 1999.  State-by-state chart of charter school growth from 1992-2000.  Part of the CER’s National Charter School Directory 1999.

Number of Charter Schools Operating (1999)

A chart revealing the number of charter schools in operation in April 1999 and September 1999. Data are part of CER’s National Charter School Directory.