Resources Filtered by: Illinois

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Paving a New Path: A Guidebook for Illinois Charter Public School Development

For those seeking to open a new charter school, the Illinois Network of Charter Schools developed this most recent version of their handbook on developing a charter school.

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Article About North Chicago School District 187 Request for Charter School Proposals, Potential Use of Naval Station Great Lakes Facility

This October 17, 2011 article from the Lake County News-Sun provides information about North Chicago School District 187’s request for proposals to start a charter school and notes negotiations to locate the school in a facility at the Naval Station Great Lakes military base. The school district has posted its request for proposals on its website.

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The Approval Barrier to Suburban Charter Schools

This 2002 report from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute focuses on conditions in four states that have influenced the development of charter schools in suburban communities. The context for charter schools in suburban Colorado, New Jersey, and Connecticut is described and then compared to conditions in Illinois. The report by Pushpam Jain of the University of Maine covers the role of laws, parents, state agency support, and the impact of issues such as desegregation.

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Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration, and Competition

This study, conducted by RAND researchers, used student-level data to compare public charter schools in Chicago, San Diego, Philadelphia, Denver, Milwaukee, and the states of Ohio, Texas, and Florida, with traditional public schools.

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Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Summary of the Work of Seven Districts (Note: Includes Charter Group)

This June 2011 report from the American Institutes for Research gauges the extent of Common Core State Standards implementation work in seven school districts across the country, including a charter school group in Arizona. The categories of information include curriculum and instruction, instructional leadership, professional development, and assessments.

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Achievement and Attainment in Chicago Public Schools

This RAND report looks specifically at Chicago Charter Schools and compares their impacts on student achievement relative to traditional Chicago public high schools.

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Making Room for New Public Schools: How Innovative School Districts are Learning to Share Public Education Facilities with Charter Schools

Through a combination of policy analysis and interviews with key stakeholders, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools produced this April 2011 report on charter schools that were able to secure vacant public school facilities from their local districts. The report concludes with a series of best practices recommendations based on the profiles.

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Human Capital Inventory and Alignment Worksheet

This resource was developed with funding from the Wallace Foundation to help education leaders better chart their human capital resources so they can be best directed to improve student achievement.
 

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Diagnostic Resource for Developing, Aligning and Sustaining Human and Resource Capital in Districts and Schools

This resource was developed with funding from the Wallace Foundation to help education leaders better align, develop, and sustain their human capital resources to improve student achievement. It is based on their field research.
 

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Considering School Turnarounds: Market Research and Analysis

This 2007 NewSchools Venture Fund report provides a market analysis of the environment for school restructuring by charter management organizations in six target urban areas, as well as an overview of challenges and opportunities presented by schools in restructuring.