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Rapp, Kelly E.; Eckes, Suzanne E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2006
In the seven years since former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett helped develop "virtual charter schools" that provide educational programs to charter school students via the Internet (Kafer, 2003), the number of these schools has rapidly increased. At least 90 (or around 3%) of the almost 3,000 charter schools in operation in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Policy, School Law
Eckes, Suzanne E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2004
Charter schools are given greater autonomy than traditional public schools, and in return they are held more accountable to the public. As such, if a charter school fails to meet its educational objectives, the charter may be revoked or not renewed. Revocation is the withdrawal of a school's charter during its term, while renewal relates to the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Performance Contracts, Methods, School Law
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Simmons, Ada B.; Eckes, Suzanne E.; Rapp, Kelly E.; Benton, Sarah A.; Nowak, Jeffrey – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2004
There is a dearth of research on the subject of university sponsorship of charter schools. This report intends to increase the knowledge base on university sponsorship of charter schools by examining the climate in Indiana, specifically in regard to the decision by only one (Ball State) of the eligible five universities (Ball State University,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Administrators, Charter Schools, Public Colleges