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Manno, Bruno V. – Education Next, 2003
Examines the current condition of the charter-school movement. On the one hand, the demand for and satisfaction of charter schools is high; on the other, opposition to charter schools is growing. Suggests that changes, including a national organization to press for accountability, are needed for the movement to succeed. (WFA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Change Agents, Charter Schools
Rose, Lowell C.; Gallup, Alec M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The 2000 poll shows substantial public satisfaction with public schools; willingness to improve the existing system; eroding support for high-stakes testing and for private- and religious-school choice; insufficient financial support as schools' biggest problem; and parents as having greater influence than teachers over student performance. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality

Johnson, Susan Moore; Landman, Jonathan – Teachers College Record, 2000
Examined teachers' experiences in charter and public schools to investigate how deregulation policies affected teaching conditions. Results indicated that the most autonomous schools (charter schools) were not necessarily favored by teachers. Greater autonomy for teachers was accomplished by expanded roles and responsibilities in deregulated…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education

Madsen, Jean – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Summarizes a study examining exchanges among private and decentralized school leaders and their possible implications for school decentralization. Four principals were interviewed, two from established private schools and two from charter schools operating within a large urban district. All were formulating mission statements. Private-school…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Charter Schools, Comparative Education

Hache, Denis – McGill Journal of Education, 1999
Examines the underlying philosophy of the corporate model in public education and the reform initiatives coming from this model. Focuses on the reform in New Zealand because it is an example of near complete implementation of this model. Explores different aspects of the New Zealand experiment. (CMK)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Sherman, Lee – Northwest Education, 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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Change

Sassin, Franci – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2001
The analogy of pregnancy and birth is used to describe the founding of a Waldorf-style charter school in southern California. Advice is given for dealing with the sponsoring district, bureaucracy, politics of educational reform, standardized testing, and parent community. Sidebars present the mission statement, grant excerpts, timeline, required…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Charter Schools, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools

Finn, Chester E., Jr.; And Others – Brookings Review, 1996
Examines the charter school approach in educational reform, discusses where it needs improvement and what state policy action may be needed in start-up, and presents some key recommendations. The nature of charter schools, their general purpose, composition, benefits, and problems also are examined. (GR)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Criticism, Decentralization, Educational Change

Caine, Renate Nummela – Educational Leadership, 2000
At a new charter school serving predominantly defiant underachievers and special-needs students, a psychology teacher was challenged to implement founders' brain-based principles. She succeeded by establishing a climate of relaxed alertness, immersing students in meaningful experiences, and guiding them in processing their experiences. (MLH)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Brain, Charter Schools, Classroom Environment
Stevenson, Kenneth R. – School Business Affairs, 1999
The drive for privatizing public education comes from two different movements: load-shedding and outsourcing. Districts hope to reduce perceived labor problems, avoid managing "uninteresting" services, save money, and/or buy quick-fix education reform. Privatization of charter schools is becoming big business, but its cost-effectiveness…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Cost Effectiveness, Democratic Values
Mercogliano, Chris; Washor, Elliot – Journal for Living, 2001
Cooperation among the Rhode Island legislature, the commissioner of education, funding agencies, businesses, and community members has enabled the creation of a statewide school district composed of small secondary career and technical schools based on student-initiated learning, internships, and mentoring. There is no set curriculum, high-stakes…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation, Educational Philosophy

Scherer, Marge – Educational Leadership, 2001
In a question-and-answer session, David C. Berliner discusses wide range of topics related to current state of the teaching profession, including qualities of the expert teacher, attracting higher quality teachers, teacher career-stage programs, merit pay, and promising reforms for teacher education in last decade. (PKP)
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Master Teachers
It Takes a Village to Teach a Child: An Analysis of an African-Centered Parental Involvement Program
Davenport, Elizabeth K.; Bogan, Yolanda K. H. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2005
Parental involvement is an integral component in the educational environment. Student achievement and parental satisfaction requires ongoing well-planned series of activities involving parents in "home and school based activities" to assist teachers and school administrators in the accomplishment of learning objectives and goals. These…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Focus Groups, Parent Participation, Academic Standards
Davis, Courtney – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2005
Parents of students with disabilities want the same access to educational opportunities as parents of students without disabilities. This "right" to particular services and learning environments is securely supported by federal regulations and policies in all schools, including charter schools. However, in the work of Fierros and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Access to Education, Equal Education, Racial Discrimination
Fuller, Bruce – Educational Researcher, 2003
Many policymakers are shedding essential tenets of modern statecraft. Few seek to sustain the monolithic one best system of schooling: herding students through large institutions, regulated by bureaucracy and guided by professionals under monopolistic conditions. Instead, distinctly unmodern forms of policy and institutional reformation are in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change, Educational Improvement