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Kahlenberg, Richard D.; Potter, Halley – Educational Leadership, 2015
Charter schools--what was their original promise? They would enroll diverse groups of students. They would give teachers the room and power to innovate. They would be educational laboratories that would find new ways to reach students, and they would share those lessons with other public schools. But charter schools haven't lived up to their…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Khan, Salman; Slavitt, Elizabeth – Educational Leadership, 2013
Summit San Jose is part of the Summit Public Schools network, a group of charter schools in California's Bay Area. In 2011, when Summit San Jose first opened its new high school with a cohort of 9th graders, the teachers decided to pilot Khan Academy. At the time, they had piloted their math resources and platform with five classrooms in Los…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Mathematics Instruction, High Schools, Teaching Methods
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Pumpian, Ian – Educational Leadership, 2011
Teachers and administrators at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, California, wanted to create a grading system that reflected understanding while still encouraging students to practice. They developed course competencies, or performance assessments, that teachers use to measure what students know and can do with the concepts…
Descriptors: Homework, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations
Schmoker, Mike – Educational Leadership, 2007
Schmoker asserts that the kinds of skills students need to succeed in college--skills like clear thinking, effective writing, and the ability to analyze international and policy issues--are equally needed for non-college-bound youth. He maintains it is possible--and necessary--to provide an intellectually challenging and culturally enriching…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Charter Schools, Education Work Relationship, Persuasive Discourse
Hernandez, Alex; Kaplan, Melissa Aul; Schwartz, Robert – Educational Leadership, 2006
View Park Preparatory High School, a charter school serving low-income urban students in Los Angeles, makes critical thinking the center of its literacy curriculum. The school's literacy program has a single, measurable goal: By graduation, every student will be able to write a 500-word sustained argument free of mechanical error, reflecting his…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Literacy
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McKinney, Joseph R. – Educational Leadership, 1996
Evidence from Arizona and other states demonstrates that children with disabilities lack equal access to charter schools. Charter school operators are avoiding potentially high-cost students and are unprepared to meet their needs. Charter schools need to strike cooperative resource-sharing arrangements with neighboring districts. States must…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bierlein, Louann A.; Mulholland, Lori A. – Educational Leadership, 1995
Charter schools are independent legal entities empowered to hire and fire, handle lawsuits, and control their own finances. Charter schools require new relationships with school boards, utilize site-based decision making, and foster new teacher roles. Minnesota, California, and Massachusetts are experimenting with charter schools. A sidebar…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Change Strategies, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
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Diamond, Linda – Educational Leadership, 1995
Prospective charter schools in California must address educational design, outcomes, assessment methods, governance, staffing qualifications, health and safety procedures, racial balance, admission requirements, retirement benefits, employees' rights, financial audit procedures, expulsion and suspension procedures, and attendance alternatives.…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
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Dianda, Marcella R.; Corwin, Ronald G. – Educational Leadership, 1995
A survey shows that California's charter-schools movement is being shaped by the special features of the state's charter law--exclusive local oversight and ambiguous legal status. Each school must negotiate how it handles its local school board, teachers' unions, and lack of start-up funding and technical assistance. Most charter schools seek…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Charter Schools, Elementary Education, Nontraditional Education
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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