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Nurturing School Minds

Mary Ann Zehr wrote this 2009 profile about a charter management organization, the United Neighborhood Organization (UNO). UNO maintains strict discipline for student conduct and behavior and uses a structured English immersion approach for their mostly Latino students.

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Rocketship Charter Schools Founder Q&A

In this interview in The Christian Science Monitor, Rocketship Education charter schools founder John Danner discusses his network’s approach to integrating classroom teaching with individualized instruction in computer labs, costs, parental engagement, and political action. The California-based program plans to expand nationally.

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Brand Name Charters: the Franchise Model Applied to Schools

This article discusses the franchise approach to charter school management.