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Parent Power: Baltimore Meeting (2004)

March 14, 2013 By

August 19, 2004. CER hosts “Parent Power! for Baltimore”, a special dinner and meeting for Baltimore, Maryland parents on how to protect their children and get great schools in their community.

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Wyoming: Creating Great Schools (2008)

March 14, 2013 By

“Giving Parents a Voice and Children a Choice”.  The most successful and commonly adopted form of school choice is public charter schools, and Wyoming parents believe charter schools can be better and, at the very least, expand the number of options that students have to obtain a quality education.

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Charter School Laws Across the States (2003)

March 14, 2013 By

CER’s 7th annual charter school law ranking and scorecard. Report recognizes strong laws are a key component to charter school success, and notes a new, disappointing “regulatory fever” trend in charter laws that are supposed to instead allow for autonomy and innovation.

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Charter School Laws Across the States (2004)

March 14, 2013 By

CER’s 8th annual charter school law ranking and scorecard. After eight years of analyzing and scoring charter school laws, a clear pattern has emerged: the strength of a law is more often than not a predictor of charter success. 

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Analysis of Charter School Survey 1996-1997

March 14, 2013 By

The Center for Education Reform surveyed 504 charter schools in operation in the 1996-1997 school year, asking charter schools general questions about their educational programs and operations.

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Survey of Charter Schools (1998-1999): Executive Summary

March 14, 2013 By

The Center for Education Reform is pleased to present the results of its nationwide survey of charter schools, which includes data compiled from charter schools operating in the 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 school years.

Key findings of this survey:
-Small is beautiful
-Charters offer choices
-Most charter schools are start-ups
-Multiple chartering authorities lead to more charters
-Funding and facilities are major challenges
-Charter schools are working overtime to deliver quality education
-Educating underserved students

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Survey of Charter Schools (2000-2001): Executive Summary

March 14, 2013 By

The Center for Education Reform is pleased to present the key findings of its most recent nationwide survey of charter schools, including data compiled from charter schools operating in the 2000-2001 school year.

Key findings of this survey:
-Charter schools are accountable
-Charter schools educate underserved students
-Small charter schools provide what parents want
-Most charter schools are start-ups
-Charter schools provide innovative choices
-Multiple chartering authorities lead to more charters

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Washington’s Cure for Failing Schools: More Bureaucracy (1994)

March 14, 2013 By

Chapter 1, part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), makes up approximately half of the total appropriation for federal elementary and secondary education programs, but recent studies suggest Chapter 1 has fallen far short of achieving its goals.

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Truth In Spending: The Cost of Not Educating Our Children (1994)

March 14, 2013 By

March 19, 1994.  The cry for more money is misdirected at best; the money is there, in the system, to get America’s schools back on track.

More and more schools are reclaiming control of their funds and putting them back to work where they will do students, teachers, business, taxpayers and the community the most good — in the classroom.

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Scheduling: On The Block (1996)

March 14, 2013 By

Exploring why block scheduling seems to be the innovation of the moment, and what block scheduling changes could mean for schools.

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