Research: Charter Schools and the North Side

General Charter School Information:

Rosenthal, Lisa. Greatschools.net, November 2006.
Seven Things to Know About Charter Schools

Minnesota Association of Charter Schools

US Charter Schools Minnesota State Profile

Articles about Charter Schools (many are editorial or opinion):

Reining in Charter Schools, “The New York Times”, May 10, 2006
Charter schools “are not a magical solution to the achievement problem”

Charter Schools and Private Profits, “The School Administrator”, May 2000. “The emergence of educational management organizations to run charters raises questions about the pursuit of profits and the quality of education”

Stuart Wells, Amy. Washingtonpost.com, December 29, 2004.
Charter Schools: Lessons in Limits
This article discusses the history of the charter school reform movement and would agree with Kleibard that reform is initiated by socio-political beliefs. The author edited the book: Where Charter School Policy Fails: The Problems of Accountability and Equity.

Finn, Chester E. Jr., Dayton Daily News, November 18, 1999
Charter Foes No Friends of Education
“Why does the education establishment so hate these benign schools? By showing that all children really can learn, they pressure the "system" to change its ways.”

National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Studying Achievement in Charter Schools: What Do We Know?
A summary report and commentary on “38 comparative analyses of charter and district performance” (Analysis charts on page 9-25)

Minneapolis Public Schools:

McCallum, Laura. Minnesota Public Radio. March 20, 2007.
Minneapolis targets six schools for closure

McCallum, Laura. Minnesota Public Radio. April 13, 2007.
Minneapolis school board votes to close six schools

Demographics of MPS according to the Minnesota Dept. of Education’s “District Report Card”

Destination Excellence and the North Side Initiative


Minneapolis Public Schools and Charter Schools:

Star Tribune Editorial: A good use for empty Minneapolis schools, June 28, 2007.
School board should lease space to effective charter schools

Brandt, Steve, Star Tribune, June 19, 2007 – 9:38 PM
Minneapolis inclined to rent out empty schools
“Majority of school board appears open to leasing school space to at least one charter school.”

Kersten, Katherine. Wall Street Journal Editorial Page, March 2, 2006
Black Flight: The exodus to charter schools.

AYP in Minneapolis Public Schools

AYP in Minnesota Charter Schools