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CHARTER SCHOOLS & CYBER CHARTER SCHOOLS
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Charter Schools
U.S. Department of Education
Public Charter Schools Program
NCLB & Charter Schools
The Impact of the New Title I Requirements on Charter Schools
U.S. Charter Schools
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Education Commission of the States
Charter Schools Issues Site
National Conference of State Legislatures
Charter Schools Issues Site
School District of Philadelphia
Charter School Information
Pennsylvania School Reform Network
Charter Schools Information Page
Cyber Charter Schools Information Page
National PTA
Charter School Issues
National Charter School Clearinghouse
Homepage
National Charter Schools Institute
Homepage
Association of Charter School Authorizers
National
Homepage
North West Regional Educational Laboratory
Charter Schools Homepage
The Center for Education Reform
Charter Connection
National Association of State Boards of Education
Choice and Charter Schools
HOME EDUCATION
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Home Education and Private Tutoring
Education Commission of the States
Home Schooling Issues Site
Pennsylvania Homeschoolers
Homepage
Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania
Homepage
Homeschool Legal Defense Association
Homepage
National Home Education Research Institute
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National Home Education Network
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Homeschooling Kids With Disabilities
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OTHER
Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program
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Association of Independent Schools
Pennsylvania Association
National Association
REACH Foundation (Pennsylvania)
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National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
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U.S. Department of Education
School Choice
Voluntary Public School Choice Program
National Conference of State Legislatures
School Choice
School Vouchers
Tuition Tax Credits and Deducations
Education Commission of the States
Private Schools Issues Site
Vouchers Issues Site
RESEARCH & REPORTS [Top]
Charter Schools
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CHARTER SCHOOLS
Pennsylvania Reports
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Pennsylvania Reports
Exploring the Correlates of Academic Success in Pennsylvania
Charter Schools
By Christopher Nelson, RAND Corporation, and Gary Miron, The
Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, 2005
Strengthening Pennsylvania's Charter School Reform: Findings
from the Statewide Evaluation and Discussion of Relevant
Policy Issues
Executive Summary
Completed by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan
University for the Pennsylvania Department of Education,
October 2002
Autonomy in Exchange for Accountability: An Initial Study of
Pennsylvania Charter Schools
Conducted by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, October 2000
Evaluating the Evaluation: Notes and Critical Questions
About the Interim Report on Charter Schools in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania School Reform Network, June 2002
CyberCharter Schools Review
Conducted by KPMG Consulting for the Pennsylvania Department
of Education, October 2001
White Paper on Cyber Schools
Pennsylvania School Boards Association, October 2001
What It Takes to Start a Pennsylvania Charter School: A Guide
for Applicants
Center on Reinventing Public Education, 1997
A Nonprofit Technical Assistance Activity for Charter
Applicants in Pennsylvania: Mission, Functions, Capabilities
and Plans
Center on Reinventing Public Education, 1997
National Reports
A Sum Greater Than the Parts: What States Can Teach Each Other
About Charter Schools NEW!
Education Sector, September 2007
A Closer Look at Charter Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2006
Trends in Charter School Authorizing
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, May 2006
Playing to Type: Mapping the Charter School Landscape
Thomas B. Fordham Institute, May 2006
Charter, Private, Public Schools and Academic Achievement: New
Evidence from NAEP Mathematics Data
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education, January 2006
The Effect of Charter Schools on Traditional Public School
Students in Texas: Are Children Who Stay Behind Left Behind?
By Ken Booker, Scott Gilpatric, Timothy Gronberg and Dennis
Jansen, September 2005
Charter School Funding: Inequity's Next Frontier
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, August 2005
Charter School Performance in Urban Districts: Are They Closing
the Achievement Gap?
RAND, July 2005
Charter Schools' Performance and Accountability: A Disconnect
By Gerald W. Bracey of George Mason University, published by
the Education Policy Studies Laboratory at Arizona State
University, May 2005
The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on
Enrollment and Achievement
Economic Policy Institute, March 2005
A Tough Nut to Crack in Ohio: Charter Schooling in the Buckeye
State
Progressive Policy Institute, February 2005
Studying Achievement in Charter Schools: What Do We Know?
Prepared by Bryan Hassel, Public Impact, for the Charter
School Leadership Council, January 2005
America's Charter Schools: Results from the NAEP 2003 Pilot
Study
National Center for Education Statistics, December 2004
Evaluation of the Public Charter Schools Program
U.S. Department of Education, 2004
Assessing the Performance of Charter Schools
Education Commission of the States, November 2004
A Straightforward Comparison of Charter Schools and Regular
Public Schools in the United States
By Caroline M. Hoxby, Harvard University and National Bureau
of Economic Research, September 2004
Fast Break in Indianapolis: A New Approach to Charter
Schooling
Progressive Policy Institute, September 2004
Charter School Achievement on the 2003 National Assessment of
Educational Progress
American Federation of Teachers, August 2004
Charter School Laws Across the States: Ranking and Scorecard
The Center for Education Reform
"High Stakes": Public Impact's National Study of Charter School
Accountability
Public Impact
Cyber and Home Charter Schools: How States are Defining New Forms
of Public Schooling
By Luis A. Huerta, Teachers College, Columbia University and
Maria-Fernanda Gonzalez, University of California, Berkley,
January 2004
Collective Bargaining and Teachers Unions in a Charter
District
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Two Years and Counting: Charter Schools and No Child Left
Behind
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Charter Schools and the Teaching Quality Provisions of
No Child Left Behind
Education Commission of the States, August 2003
Apples to Apples: An Evaluation of Charter Schools Serving
General Student Populations
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, July 2003
Charter School Operations and Performance: Evidence from
California
RAND, 2003
Do Charter Schools Measure Up?: The Charter School Experiment
After 10 Years
American Federation of Teachers, 2002
Are Charter Schools Getting More Money into Classrooms? A
Micro-Financial Analysis of First Year Charter Schools in
Massachusetts
Center on Reinventing Public Education, October 2000
The New Schools Handbook: Strategic Advice for Successful
School Start-up in Partnership with School District Officials,
Staff, and Community Members
Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 2002
A Decade of Charter Schools: From Theory to Practice
Consortium for Policy Research in Education, April 2002
HOME EDUCATION
Homeschooling in the United States: 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, February 2006
Home Education in Pennsylvania: 2001-02
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Public, Private and Nonpublic School Enrollments: 2002-03
Pennsylvania Department of Education
1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2004
Homeschooling in the U.S.
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,
January 2004
Homeschooling
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, September 2001
VOUCHERS
Graduation Rates for Choice and Public School Students in
Milwaukee
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2004
Early Lessons from Colorado's Voucher Experience
Education Commission of the States, May 2004
How to Evaluate Educational Voucher Programs
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
Administrative Costs of Education Voucher Programs
Center on Reinventing Public Education, September 2003
School Vouchers: Characteristics of Privately Funded Programs
U.S. General Accounting Office, September 2002
When Schools Compete: The Effect of Vouchers on Florida Public
School Achievement
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, August 2003
School Choice and the Supply of Private Schooling Places:
Evidence from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
Homeowners, Property Value, and the Political Economy of
the School Voucher
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,
October 2002
The U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in the Cleveland Voucher
Case: Where To From Here?
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,
July 2002
An Economic Case Against Vouchers: Why Local Schools Are a
Local Public Good
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,
June 2002
School Vouchers: Publicly Funded Programs in Cleveland and
Milwaukee
U.S. General Accounting Office, August 2001
OTHER
Trends in the Use of School Choice: 1993 to 2003
National Center for Education Statistics, November 2006
Does School Choice Work? Effects on Student Integration and
Achievement
Public Policy Institute of California, 2006
Comparing Private Schools and Public Schools Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2006
Profiles of Education Management Organizations: 2005-2006
Commercialism in Education Research Unit, Education Policy Studies
Laboratory, Arizona State University, May 2006
Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States:
Results From the 2003-2004 Private School Universe Survey
National Center for Education Statistics, February 2006
All Choice Created Equal? How Good Parents Select "Failing"
Schools
By Courtney A. Bell, University of Connecticut, published by
the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education,
October 2005
Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time: Operations and Achievement in
Edison Schools
Click here to access the RAND research brief.
RAND, October 2005
Providing Quality Choice Options in Education
National Governor's Association Center for Best Practices and
the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota,
August 2005
Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results
From the 2001-2002 Private School Universe Survey
National Center for Education Statistics, October 2004
Sixth Annual Report on School Performance 2002-2003
A report from Edison Schools
Evaluation of the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program:
Summary Report 1998-2002
Indiana University School of Education, December 2003
Overview and Inventory of State Education Reforms: 1990 to
2000
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2003
The Political Economy of School Choice: Linking Theory and
Evidence
National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education
CURRENT
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION [Top]
Proposed Legislation
Archived Legislation
Proposed Legislation
House Bill 446* (Rep. Karen Beyer)
* This version of HB 446 reflects amendments
proposed to incorporate changes recommended by
the Auditor General and to replace the cyber charter school
funding provisions with new language.
House Bill 738 (Rep. Tony DeLuca)
House Bill 738 Analysis
House Bill 1407 (Rep. John Pallone)
House Bill 1407 Analysis
House Bill 1655 (Rep. Greg Vitali)
House Bill 1655 Analysis
Archived Legislation
Click here to review School Choice related legislation
introduced during the 2005-2006 Legislative Session.
Click here to review School Choice related legislation
introduced during the 2003-2004 Legislative Session.
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