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Recent News Impacting North Carolina’s Public Charter Schools
The Sugar Creek Lawsuit and your charter!
How State Charter Laws Rank Against The New Model Public Charter School Law
http://www.publiccharters.org/files/publications/DB-ModelLaw_Report_01-12-10.pdf
Rigorous Study Finds Public Charter Schools Close Achievement Gap for Urban Students
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/education/22charters.html
Charter Schools Challenge NC Funding Rule
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/10/09/Charter_Schools_Challenge_N_C_Funding_Rule.htm
Obama Calls for Lifting Public Charter School Caps
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/us/politics/11web-educ.html
Charter School Advocates Push for Lifting the Cap
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990311025
Committee Recommends Torchlight Academy’s Charter Be Renewed
http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/4671222/
CMS Loses Appeal in Charter School Suits
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/421/story/561842.html
How State Charter Laws Rank Against The New Model Public Charter School Law (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools)
http://www.publiccharters.org/files/publications/DB-ModelLaw_Report_01-12-10.pdf
How to Choose a Charter School (US News & World Report)
http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2009/12/09/how-to-choose-a-charter-school.html
Working the Curve for North Carolina’s Charter Schools (prepared for the North Carolina Blue Ribbon Commission on Charter Schools)
Hopes, Fears, & Reality: A Balanced Look at American Charter Schools (CRPE)
http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/pub_ncsrp_hfr08_dec08.pdf
Familiarity Breeds Content: As the Charter Movement Grows, So Does Public Approval (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools)
http://www.publiccharters.org/files/3770_file_NAPCS_Familiarity_Breeds_Web_Version_2.pdf
Closing the Achievement Gap—Creating Quality Choices: Charters
http://www.aecf.org/~/media/PublicationFiles/2Charters_r10.pdf
Charter Schools in SREB States: A Call for Accountability
http://www.sreb.org/publications/2008/08S09_Charter_schools.pdf
The Color of Success: Black Student Achievement in Public Charter Schools
http://www.publiccharters.org/files/publications/NAPCS_ShadesofSuccessIB.pdf
Corporations, Chambers, and Charters: How Businesses Can Support High-Quality Public Charter Schools
http://www.uschamber.com/publications/reports/081020charterschools.htm
National Charter School Policy Briefing
http://www.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/csforum/report.pdf
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