Category Archives: Charter schools

Green the New Alternative in Education by Peter Wieczorek

February 15, 2010 – 11:01 am

 
Schools have been involved in environmental education and the “Green Movement” for nearly 40 years now, but now with advances in technology and connections with the internet schools and students are able to connect, create and learn in ways that were not possible in the past.  Several sites of interest are available that either directly [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in Alternatives, Environment, Green Schools | Comments (0)

School Choice Expanding Worldwide

July 16, 2009 – 8:35 pm

Since the early 1990s when the nation’s first charter school was opened in St. Paul, MN, the scope and availability of school-based options to parents has steadily expanded in the U.S. and abroad. No longer can traditional education be a public monopoly. Sponsored by the National Center on School Choice (NCSC), this 648 page ($115) Handbook of [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Magnet schools, Policy, Reform, Research, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Online Learning: Growth and Evaluation

July 10, 2008 – 7:46 pm

In a certain to be much talked about book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, and Michael B. Horn describe how a majority of students will use online learning within a decade. They suggest we must disrupt, that is change, thinking about [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Online learning, Personalized Educ, Reports, Virtual schools | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Radical New Kind of School Proposed

July 4, 2008 – 1:08 pm

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick proposed Readiness Schools, as a radical departure from conventional district schools according to an article in the Boston Globe. Officials said these schools would be “freed from many constraints imposed by unions, school districts, and the state. The readiness schools would adapt to community needs and offer new alternatives in school [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Reform, Reports, Statutes | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Parents Favor More Choices in Schools

May 14, 2008 – 8:18 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Parents, Policy, Reports, Research, Survey | Comments (0)

Useful Charter School Flyer

February 4, 2008 – 1:52 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Reform, Reports | Comments (0)

Advanced Ideas for Educational Choices

December 31, 2007 – 11:52 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, High schools | Comments (0)

Balanced Look at Charter Schools

December 10, 2007 – 1:03 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Reports, Research | Comments (0)

Status of Choices in the U.S.

September 3, 2007 – 2:30 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Center for Ed. Reform, Choices, Database, Ed Com of States, Homeschooling, Nonpublic schools, Online learning, Parents, Policy, Private schools, Reports, Research, Statutes, Students, Vouchers | Comments (0)

Virtual Schools as Education Change Agents

June 15, 2007 – 2:32 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, High schools, Online learning, Reform, Reports, Research, Virtual schools | Comments (0)

Future Schools

May 16, 2007 – 10:45 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Articles, Choices, Community schools, Online learning, Personalized Educ, Policy, Reform, Students, Virtual schools | Comments (0)

Charter Schools: State by State

February 8, 2007 – 10:46 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Assessment, Center for Ed. Reform, Choices, Research, Survey | Comments (0)

Significant Choice Information and Reports

February 3, 2007 – 9:47 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Competition, Database, Homeschooling, Nonpublic schools, Policy, Private schools, Reform, Reports, Research, Vouchers | Comments (0)

New Schools: KIPP and Cristo Rey

December 10, 2006 – 8:45 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, At risk programs, Choices, Gates Foundation, High schools, Private schools | Comments (0)

Online Schools Enrollment Explosion

November 26, 2006 – 9:24 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Choices, Online learning, Virtual schools | Comments (0)