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National Charter School Directory (2002-2003 School Year) This comprehensive directory of America's charter schools provides a listing of schools that includes school addresses, telephone numbers and contact names, enrollment figures, grades served, date opened, and a brief synopsis of each school's philosophy and educational mission. Also includes the latest statistics, state by state, on schools, enrollment, and grades served, as well as other helpful appendices and resources. (Updated annually.) $67.95 + shipping and handling.
Public-Private Partnerships: A Consumer’s Guide Public-private partnerships are at an all time high but parents and others often have difficulty making decisions without concrete information to guide them. This CER guide helps consumers navigate that information as they work to make informed school choices. A Consumer’s Guide provides history on public-private partnerships and valuable information on each company: schools and enrollment; curriculum; student achievement; and parent and student satisfaction. FREE.
CHARTER SCHOOLS TODAY: Changing the Face of American Education This report captures a vivid snapshot of the charter schools movement in the United States. Less than a decade after the first charter school opened its doors, 1,674 charter schools now not only provide a very popular alternative to traditional public schools, but are having a dramatic impact on other competing schools in the communities where they have been established. OUT OF STOCK -- Currently being revised.
The School Reform Handbook: How To Improve Your Schools Standing out as the most comprehensive publication of its kind, this easy-to-read guide offers hundreds of reform anecdotes, contacts, and models. Designed for the grassroots, this reform tool details what you need to know about your schools, who's really in charge, how to organize a meeting, how to talk to the media, and much more. Click here to view Table of Contents, or read excerpts from Section II: Who's In Charge -- The Education Establishment and Section III: Working for Reform. 1995, plus 1998 updates. 160 pages. $9.95 plus shipping and handling.
What the Research Reveals about Charter Schools: Looks at 98 national, regional and state charter school studies. Updated September 2003. $14.95.
Charter School Laws Across the States: Ranking Score Card and Legislative Profiles CER's annual ranking of all 40 of the charter school laws in existence around the nation, from the strongest to the weakest. Includes detailed profiles of each state's law. January 2003. $39.95.
Charter Closures: The Opportunity for Accountability (.pdf report) Far from being an indictment of charter schools, closures provide real contractual accountability, which is all too often missing at many traditional public schools. Includes nationwide data. October 2002. $19.95.
(Available online only) ACCOUNTABILITY: The Key to Charter Renewal, A Guide to Help Charter Schools Create Their Accountability Plans, by Bruno Manno, March 1999 Developing an accountability plan with challenging but attainable and measurable goals in both academic and non-academic areas—a plan agreed to by both the chartering agency and the charter school—gives the charter-school community a clear sense of what’s expected of it and the grounds on which its effectiveness will be judged and reduces the possibility of arbitrary action in the future by a chartering authority against a charter school during a charter renewal process.
Charter Schools An introduction to the charter schools movement, with resources for further study. $5.00.
School Choice School choice is changing the face of education, from public to private school opportunities. Find out what parents, teachers, communities and law makers are doing to expand educational choices in their community. Up-to-date analyses of the nation's three voucher programs. Includes resource guide and CER action papers. $5.00
Individual CER Action Papers are available here on our website to view or print out by clicking the paper's hypertext title. To order a hard copy by mail from CER, please check the box to the left of the paper. Prices vary.
AVAILABLE ONLINE: The No Child Left Behind Act and Deciphering the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA): The New ESEA: A Primer for Policy Makers (.pdf format): The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires all public schools to show yearly academic progress and make achievement gains on tests approved by each state and benchmarked against national assessments. This paper addresses some basic questions and answers to help schools and districts put in place systems that meet these new Federal demands. ESEA How-to Guide for Schools (.pdf format): Offers help to schools -- charters as well as traditional district public schools -- struggling to decipher how the new federal education law established by the No Child Left Behind Act affects them.
HISTORY FAILURE: Doomed to Repeat Itself?: Analysis of the most recent scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) U.S. History Exam. Includes profiles of some of the best currently existing curricula for teaching our nation’s story. September 2002. $3.00.
SIZING UP WHAT MATTERS: The Importance of Small Schools: It is taken almost as an article of faith that smaller classes produce better academic results. In fact, the truth of "smaller is better" when applied to school size is far more important to improving America's schools and students than having children sit in small classes. 2002. $3.00.
The American Education Diet: Can U.S. Students Survive on Junk Food? This report provides a closer look at the alarming trends in standards and achievement, from local measurements to international comparisons. With both a general and subject-by-subject look at student achievement, it provides a user-friendly digest of education statistics. 2001. $2.00.
Beyond Brick and Mortar: Cyber Charters Revolutionizing Education The joining of the internet and the decades old charter movement is leading to a whole new 21st Century school house. January 2002. $3.00.
The New Generation of Standardized Testing Provides national analysis of the range of statewide testing and its role as an important accountability measure. Compiles, for the first time, the current pass rates for the 19 states that currently offer comprehensive testing, aligned to state standards, in at least three grade levels. October 2000, $5.00.
Nine Lies About School Choice : Answering the Critics [Click here for no-frames version] Your answers to the nine most common and untruthful accusations about school choice. September 2000. 19 pages. $5.00.
Solving the Charter School Financing Conundrum Provides advice and models to policy makers, community leaders and reformers who want to help charter operators, so many of whom have struggled against tremendous financial odds, to create a place where children can succeed and thrive academically. August 2000. 9 pages. $3.00.
Debunking the Class Size Myth: How to Really Improve Teacher Effectiveness: Despite the numerous studies that have been conducted trying to assess the effectiveness of class size reduction, research indicates that a bigger influence on student achievement is teacher quality. March 2000. 4 pages. $2.00.
Finishing College: The Facts that Most Influence Success This research finds, not surprisingly, that students who have a rigorous academic background come to college more prepared, are less likely to need remedial help, and are more likely to finish a degree program.. December 1999. 3 pages. $2.00.
Reading And Your Child: On the Verge of the Millennium Reading is perhaps the most important duty that consumes most parents of near school-age children. This Action Paper will help you sort out the issues and concerns surrounding this subject. March 1999. $2.00.
Creating A Revolution from the Boardroom to the Classroom: New Partners in Education Documents examples of education entrepreneurs, including innovative educators, parents, and civic and business leaders, who are setting precedents for successful public-private school partnerships across the country. July 1998. 8 pages. $2.00.
Private Scholarship Programs: A Matter of Priorities Provides the history and highlights of privately funded scholarship programs in operation across the country. Includes descriptions of and statistics on each program. With a list of contacts. August 1999. $2.00.
Truth in Spending: The Cost of Not Educating Our Children Examines the relationship between school spending and student achievement. Highlights the data and research on school spending nationally and in selected areas. June 1998. 8 pages. $2.00.
The Textbook Conundrum Looks at how flawed statewide textbook adoption processes are weakening the quality and accuracy of K-12 textbooks, and hurting the education American children are receiving. $5.00.
Elementary and Secondary Education Statistics at a Glance A compendium of the most requested statistics on education -- number of students, schools and teachers; student-teacher ratios; spending; and more, for public, private, and parochial schools. October 2001. 5 pages. $2.00.
Scheduling: On the Block Analysis of the pros and cons of this new new trend in education, giving insights to what it means and who should participate. November 1996. 4 pages. $2.00.
Charter School Brochures: $20.00 / 100 Please indicate in the ordering instructions how many sets you would like to purchase.
Free Planning Kit (Available for Free Download -- Click Here. Note: When opening the file online in Adobe Acrobat Reader, please be patient as the document may take a few minutes to load.)) Please send me a free hard copy of CER's National Charter Schools Week Planning Kit and CD-Rom Slide Show . I have downloaded the Planning Kit from the CER Website, but would like to receive my free CD-Rom Slide Show by mail.
Bumper Stickers: Size 3"x 11.5" $0.50 each for first 100; $0.35 each over 100; Please indicate in the ordering instructions how many you would like to purchase.
Pencils with "Visit a Charter School Today" emblem.: $0.40 each Please indicate in the ordering instructions how many you would like to purchase.
AMERICAN EDUCATION: The Next 15 Years As part of its 5th Anniversary Celebration, The Center for Education Reform hosted a national conference at which reformers gathered to address the future of education reform. Topics included charter schools, school choice, curriculum, and more. Click here for information on ordering audio tapes of the sessions.
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