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Direct linkPrusinski, Ellen L.; Ruddy, Anne-Maree; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Cierniak, Katherine A. – Educational Policy, 2015
As the first mayor in the United States to possess independent charter school authorizing authority, Mayor Bart Peterson oversaw the establishment and expansion of Indianapolis's ambitious charter school initiative. In 2007, Democratic Mayor Peterson's oversight of the initiative came to an end when he was unexpectedly defeated by Republican…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Officials, City Government, Administrative Change
Download full textPlucker, Jonathan A.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Burroughs, Nathan A.; Hiller, Stephen C. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
During the course of each calendar year since 2003, staff of the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University evaluates the benefits of continuing the Annual Public Opinion Survey on K-12 Education in Indiana. In 2008, the Indiana legislature determined that school corporations would no longer use property tax revenues…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Taxes, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Akey, Terri; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Hansen, John A.; Michael, Robert; Branon, Suzanne; Fagen, Rebecca; Zhou, Zejun – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2009
In July of 2007, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University was contracted by the state legislature to conduct an evaluation of the Indiana charter schools. The current study reports the results of an evaluation that has been designed to ensure that all objectives of the provisions of HEA 1001-2007 are fulfilled.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Program Effectiveness, Enrollment, Efficiency
Akey, Terri; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Hansen, John A.; Michael, Robert; Branon, Suzanne; Fagen, Rebecca; Zhou, Gary – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
The Indiana General Assembly passed charter school enabling legislation in 2001, and the first charter schools opened their doors for the 2002-03 school year. As of fall 2008, 49 charter schools are operating in Indiana. A total of 17 of these schools are sponsored by the City of Indianapolis, Office of the Mayor, 29 schools are sponsored by…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Program Effectiveness, Enrollment, Efficiency
Eckes, Suzanne E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2004
Charter schools are given greater autonomy than traditional public schools, and in return they are held more accountable to the public. As such, if a charter school fails to meet its educational objectives, the charter may be revoked or not renewed. Revocation is the withdrawal of a school's charter during its term, while renewal relates to the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Performance Contracts, Methods, School Law
Rapp, Kelly E.; Eckes, Suzanne E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2006
In the seven years since former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett helped develop "virtual charter schools" that provide educational programs to charter school students via the Internet (Kafer, 2003), the number of these schools has rapidly increased. At least 90 (or around 3%) of the almost 3,000 charter schools in operation in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Policy, School Law
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Simmons, Ada B.; Eckes, Suzanne E.; Rapp, Kelly E.; Benton, Sarah A.; Nowak, Jeffrey – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2004
There is a dearth of research on the subject of university sponsorship of charter schools. This report intends to increase the knowledge base on university sponsorship of charter schools by examining the climate in Indiana, specifically in regard to the decision by only one (Ball State) of the eligible five universities (Ball State University,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Administrators, Charter Schools, Public Colleges
Akey, Terri; Plucker, Jonathan A.; Hansen, John A.; Michael, Robert; Branon, Suzanne; Fagen, Rebecca; Zhou, Gary – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
In July of 2007, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University was contracted to conduct an evaluation of the Indiana charter schools. The evaluation has been designed to ensure that all objectives of the provisions of HEA 1001-2007 are fulfilled. In addition, the framework of the study is based in IC 20-24-2-1,…
Descriptors: School Choice, Accountability, Educational Objectives, Educational History
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Eckes, Suzanne; Chang, Young; Benton, Sarah; Trotter, Anne; Bradford, Matthew – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2005
This report presents an overview defining what constitutes a charter school and how the existing 22 charter schools in Indiana are funded. 36 charter schools have been approved in Indiana as of Spring 2005. Of these, 22 schools have already begun operating, 10 are slated to open in the coming years, 2 have been closed down before they opened, and…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Aid, Expenditures, Charter Schools
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Zapf, Jason S.; Chien, Rosanne W. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2007
The 2006 Public Opinion Survey on Education in Indiana gauged the attitudes and perceptions of a representative sample of Hoosiers on such key educational issues as kindergarten and pre-kindergarten programs, No Child Left Behind and P.L. 221, school funding and taxes, teacher quality, school choice and charter schools, and the achievement gap in…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
