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Charter Friends National Network
Source: Charter Friends
Country: United States

Promotes quality charter schools by connecting and supporting resource centers and other state-level charter support organizations and activities.

Charter schools in development
Source: U.S. Charter Schools
Country: United States

Profiles of charter schools which are either still in development or in the early stages of applying for a charter.

Charter school law
Source: CSL
Country: United States

A guide to charter school resources on the Internet by David Scott, founder of the St. Louis charter school.

Directory of Charter School Contacts
Source: Charter Friends National Network
Country: United States
E-mail: info@charterfriends.org

Lists contacts of charter school associations and resource centers in 39 states and Washington D.C.

How to start a charter school
Source: U.S. Charter Schools
Country: United States

Though the specifics vary widely from state to state, the general stages of starting up a charter are similar. This document gives an overview of the process and links to other resources.

A sourcebook for organizers of charter planning workshops
Source: Charter Friends National Network
Country: United States
E-mail: info@charterfriends.org

How to design workshops to teach charter school founders to plan the start-up of a charter school. "The less time new charter school leaders spend fighting avoidable fires, the more they may focus on achieving the mission of their school."

Charter school research project
Source: CSR
Country: United States

Links to overviews, resources, bibliographical database; site is "a space for compiling bibliographic citations and discussion" about charter school research.

Charter school websites
Source: Center for Educational Reform
Country: United States

Links to over 500 websites in 29 states, organized by state.

Charter School Highlights and Statistics
Source: The Center for Education Reform
Country: United States

A quick rundown of charter schools across the country, with links to information and resources. "There are 37 charter school laws in the United States. Nearly 1,700 charter schools opened this fall in 31 states and the District of Columbia, serving 350,000 students."

Charter school legislation: state rankings
Source: Heartland / The Center for Education Reform
Country: United States

A ranking of state charter laws based on how each hurts or helps the development of independent charter schools.

Charter schools development center
Source: California State University Institute for Education Reform
Country: United States

"Our goal is to help public education make the leap from a highly-regulated, process-based system to one that allows and encourages schools to be more creative, performance-based centers of effective teaching and learning ... by providing technical assistance to the charter school reform movement in California and nationally." Includes sample budgets, tool kits, and more.

A guide to charter school resources on the web
Source: CharterSchoolLaw.com
Country: United States

This site offers charter school resources and links to the charter school community. Information includes the top ten charter school resources on the web, a complete list of charter school resources, information on legal service providers and links to all 50 states and the District of Columbia

An online learning community to serve and support charter schools
Source: United States Department of Edudaiotn and 2000 WestEd
Country: United States

This service provides a charter school resource directory plus other information such as a charter commmunity exchange, federal resources, a calendar of events, among which is the 4th annual charter school national conference in Milwaukee, June 19-22, 2002, startup and assistance, and state & school information.

Charter friends
Source: Charter Friends National Network
Country: United States

The Charter Friends National Network was started in late 1996 to expand the work of Ted Kolderie, a leader in the national charter school movement from the beginning. Its activities include coordination, research, publications, meetings, a grant program, multi-state initiatives and to help start new state-level charter support organizations.

Charter school resource center
Source: GPPF
Country: United States

Great resource for national and state-based charter school information. News, research, analyses, links, and more.

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