Homegrown: Customized Schools Matching Local Needs and Expressing Founders' Philosophies Are Sprouting Up in Communities across Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.

Sherman, Lee

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ERIC Number: EJ625383

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2001

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Homegrown: Customized Schools Matching Local Needs and Expressing Founders' Philosophies Are Sprouting Up in Communities across Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon.

Sherman, Lee

Northwest Education, v6 n3 p2-11,42 Spr 2001

Charter schools offer choices to parents and teachers dissatisfied with mainstream public education. Averaging fewer than 200 students, they offer nurturing educational communities, inventive pedagogies, and educators committed to learning. Devising an accountability system that accommodates such wide variety is their greatest challenge. Brief descriptions of 35 charter schools in Alaska, Oregon, and Idaho are given. (TD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Autonomy, Nontraditional Education, Parent Participation, School Effectiveness, Small Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Alaska; Idaho; Oregon

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