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ERIC Number: EJ623800
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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On the Journey...To Becoming a Charter School.
Sassin, Franci
Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, n7 p28-35 Win 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 charter elements, and 10 resources for considering charter schools. (TD)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Charter Schools, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Nontraditional Education, Parent Participation, Planning, Politics of Education, Program Development, School Community Relationship, Standardized Tests, Waldorf Method
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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