Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 3 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 27 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 70 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 168 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Arsen, David | 9 |
Ni, Yongmei | 9 |
DeGrow, Ben | 5 |
Watson, John | 5 |
Salem Rogers | 4 |
Arellano, Amber | 3 |
Brouillette, Matthew J. | 3 |
Cannata, Marisa | 3 |
Daramola, Eupha Jeanne | 3 |
Gawlik, Marytza A. | 3 |
Harris, Debbi | 3 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Elementary Secondary Education | 95 |
Elementary Education | 26 |
Secondary Education | 21 |
High Schools | 16 |
Middle Schools | 16 |
Junior High Schools | 10 |
Higher Education | 9 |
Postsecondary Education | 7 |
Grade 4 | 6 |
Grade 3 | 5 |
Grade 5 | 5 |
More ▼ |
Location
Michigan | 226 |
California | 45 |
Arizona | 44 |
Colorado | 35 |
Ohio | 32 |
Florida | 31 |
Texas | 31 |
Pennsylvania | 29 |
Louisiana | 26 |
Georgia | 24 |
District of Columbia | 23 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Schweitzer, Sherry, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education's online newsletter "The Education Innovator" is to promote innovative practices in education; to offer features on promising programs and practices; to provide information on innovative research, schools, policies, and trends; and to keep readers informed of key Department priorities and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Early Childhood Education, Child Development Centers, School Readiness
Bettinger, E.P. – Economics of Education Review, 2005
This paper estimates the effect of charter schools on both students attending them and students at neighboring public schools. Using school-level data from Michigan's standardized testing program, I compare changes in test scores between charter and public school students. I find that test scores of charter school students do not improve, and may…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Charter Schools, Standardized Tests
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David; Sullivan, Carolyn; McEvoy, Brendan; Joanou, Jamie – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2005
This annual report, in its seventh edition, found that Education Management Organizations (EMOs) tend to focus on managing charter primary schools and on enrolling relatively large numbers of students in those schools. Fifty-nine EMOs operate in 24 states and the District of Columbia, enrolling some 239,766 students. The report is the most…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Proprietary Schools, Privatization, Charts
Council for American Private Education, 2007
Outlook is the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE). Each issue contains information relating to private education such as: new legislation and regulations, the most recent research, court rulings, national trends, federal initiatives, private school news briefs, and more. This issue contains the following…
Descriptors: Private Education, Charter Schools, Private Schools, Federal Legislation
Kirst, Michael W. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2007
This article identifies supporters and opponents of charter schools at all levels of government and describes their motivations and behaviors. It is explained that state and local support for charter schools is most often determined by educational needs and material incentives. Different political contexts produce different charter school…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Political Influences, Educational Legislation, Competition
Carter, Carolyn J. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2011
Charter school administrators weathered start-up woes, among them challenging students with unmet needs, verbal assaults, dwindling student enrollment, and a first-year budget deficit exceeding $200,000 to implement a reading improvement strategy that holds promise for helping at-risk students read better, a point particularly underscored…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Charter Schools, Small Schools
Watson, John – North American Council for Online Learning, 2008
Most educators, parents, and policymakers think of "online learning" as a subset of distance learning (where the students and teacher are geographically separate), in which content delivery and communication are achieved primarily through the use of computers connected by the Internet. However, online learning can be either distance…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Needs, Distance Education, Academic Achievement
Maxwell, Lesli A. – Education Week, 2006
This article reports how Detroit public schools struggle, amidst the problems that run in the nation's fastest-shrinking big-city school system, to stem the loss of students and improve academic achievement. Facing budget, achievement woes, the district tries to compete with charter schools. Since the fall of 2004, close to 12,000 students have…
Descriptors: Marketing, Educational Change, Charter Schools, Public Schools

Arsen, David; Plank, David N.; Sykes, Gary – Education Next, 2001
Examines impact of Michigan's school-choice policies by analyzing district responses to charter schools and interdistrict choice and consequent effect on education. Concludes policies' systemic effects depend on interaction of local factors and statewide rules; finds little impact felt in most districts while negative impact seen in poorest…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdistrict Policies, School Choice
Council of the Great City Schools, 2008
The Detroit Public Schools (DPS) have been battered by substantial outside forces over the last decade. The school system was taken over by the state; its elected school board was dissolved and replaced by an appointed body; its many operating systems were privatized; its citizenry were encouraged to flee to charter schools; and its resources have…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Textbooks, State Standards
Scott, Caitlin; Dibner, Kenne – Center on Education Policy, 2012
Two schools in Michigan received ARRA SIG (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act School Improvement Grants) funds to enable them to implement their improvement efforts. This paper describes the outcomes of these two ARRA SIG recipient schools: (1) Phoenix Elementary-Middle School; and (2) Arthur Hill High School. The experiences of these…
Descriptors: Grants, High Schools, Elementary Schools, Case Studies
Ni, Yongmei – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2007
Are most charter schools more racially segregated than traditional public schools (TPS)? How do local circumstances affect the degree to which charter schools are more racially segregated or diverse than TPSs? As the charter school movement in Michigan and nationwide gains popularity, these questions have become important policy issues. In order…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Racial Segregation, School Segregation, Public Schools
Eberts, Randall W.; Hollenbeck, Kevin M. – 2001
This paper focuses on student achievement in charter schools in Michigan. The analyses suggest that students attending charter schools in Michigan are not reaching the same levels of achievement as students in traditional public schools in the same districts. Using several different models to estimate the differences between test score levels of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, School Choice
Medler, Alex – Principal, 1997
Charter schools are hot; over 30 states will have them on their books by the end of 1996. Research shows that charter schools are generally small; focused on interdisciplinary curricula or technology or back-to-basics; serve diverse student populations; feature innovative instruction; and are inadequately funded and housed. Effects on student…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Furst, Lyndon G. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
During its 1993 session, the Michigan legislature enacted two statutes for the organization and operation of public school academies, Michigan's name for charter schools. A circuit court judge declared the charter schools were unconstitutional. In response, the legislature amended its original enactment. Traces the short but curious history of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Contracts, Court Litigation, Privatization