See also 21364b.pdf, 21364c.pdf, 21364d.pdf, 21364e.pdf. Steven B. Loux Charter schools foster innovation, encourage excellence in education, avoid stultifying bureaucracy and provide a safe learning environment for their students. A web of roughly 2000 small, focused, public schools, each intentionally unique in mission, yet remarkably similar to each other in mutual commitment among its students, parents and educators. Matthew J. Brouillette Brouillette offers options for fixing Detroit's troubled schools. In its fourth-year report on charter schools, The State of Charter Schools 2000, DoEd reported that 421 charter schools opened in the 12 months before September 1999, a 40 percent jump.
Demographics play a role, too.
Colorado Department of Education Characteristics, status, and performance record of Colorado charter schools. See also 2111eg.pdf. One goal of this report is to develop a model training program for charter school founders and leaders. The findings and implications of increased flexibility and accountability of charter schools. A lawyer shares his knowledge of the legal background relevant to sunshine-state charter schools.