41. The Reins Get Tighter For Minnesota Charter Schools StarTribune.com The case of a Minneapolis charter school whose former director allegedly embezzled nearly $1 http://comments.startribune.com/comments.php?d=asset_comments&asset_id=46864

42. Special Education - Center For School Change At Macalester College Children with special needs have a right to attend the school you are creating, every bit as much as any other student. Under state and federal law, Minnesota charter schools http://www.centerforschoolchange.org/mn-charter-school-handbook/special-educatio

What's Inside Home About CSC A Message from the Director Current CSC Projects ... Dual High School/College Enrollment Search CSC Special Education PDF E-mail Introduction Overview of Start-Up Activities ... Special Education Special Education The U.S. Congress has passed a series of laws describing how public schools - including charter public schools - must work with students whose academic needs qualify them for special education services. P. L. 94-142 (Education of the Handicapped Act of 1975, since renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA) guarantees that a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) is made available to students with disabilities and provides funding to assist states to implement its requirements. In thinking about working with children with special needs, we urge those creating charter schools to consider these points: Children with special needs have a right to attend the school you are creating, every bit as much as any other student. Under state and federal law, Minnesota charter schools must be open to all kinds of students, including those with special needs. While Minnesota charter law provides waivers from many state rules and regulations for charter schools, the requirement to use federally developed standards in special education has NOT been waived.

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44. School Information System: In Minnesota, Charter Schools For Immigrants In Minnesota, Charter Schools for Immigrants. Sara Rimer Fartun Warsame, a Somali immigrant, thought she was being a good mother when she transferred her five boys to a top http://www.schoolinfosystem.org/archives/2009/01/in_minnesota_ch.php

School Information System Newsletter Sign Up Send Ideas Directory Sponsorships ... Main Subscribe to this site via RSS: Newsletter signup Send us your ideas January 10, 2009 In Minnesota, Charter Schools for Immigrants Sara Rimer Fartun Warsame, a Somali immigrant, thought she was being a good mother when she transferred her five boys to a top elementary school in an affluent Minneapolis suburb. Besides its academic advantages, the school was close to her job as an ultrasound technician, so if the teachers called, she could get there right away. "Immediately they changed," Ms. Warsame said of her sons. "They wanted to wear shorts. They'd say, 'Buy me this.' I said, 'Where did you guys get this idea you can control me?' " Her sons informed her that this was the way things were in America. But not in this Somali mother's house. She soon moved them back to the city, to the International Elementary School , a charter school of about 560 pupils in downtown Minneapolis founded by leaders of the city's large East African community. The extra commuting time was worth the return to the old order: five well-behaved sons, and one all-powerful mother. Charter schools, which are publicly financed but independently run, were conceived as a way to improve academic performance. But for immigrant families, they have also become havens where their children are shielded from the American youth culture that pervades large district schools.

45. Charter School - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Charter schools in the United States are primary or secondary schools that receive public money (and like other schools, may also receive private donations) but are not subject to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_school

Charter school From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For the school in the London Borough of Southwark, see The Charter School Charter schools in the United States are primary or secondary schools that receive public money (and like other schools, may also receive private donations) but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter Charter schools are opened and attended by choice. While charter schools provide an alternative to other public schools, they are part of the public education system and are not allowed to charge tuition. Where enrollment in a charter school is over subscribed, admission is frequently allocated by lottery-based admissions. In a 2008 survey of charter schools, 59% of the schools reported that they had a waiting list, averaging 198 students. Some charter schools provide a curriculum that specializes in a certain field—e.g., arts and mathematics. Others attempt to provide a better and more efficient general education than nearby public schools. Some charter schools are founded by teachers, parents, or activists who feel restricted by traditional public schools.

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