Charter Schools: Facts & Issues
Published by the
LWVAL Education Fund
April 2011

XI.   Endnotes

Note: The League of Women Voters of Alabama does not currently have a position on charter schools. This report is designed to give the public a general understanding of facts about charter schools and the issues associated with them.

¹ Alabama Policy Institute. (2011). API in the News Archive >2009 - Michael Ciamarra on charter schools. Retrieved from http://www.alabamapolicy.org/updates/update.php?updateID=142

² Philips, R. (2009, November 20). AEA chief Paul Hubbert says he'll battle to keep charter Schools out of Alabama. The Mobile Press-Register. Retrieved from http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/aea_chief_paul_hubbert_says_he.html

³ The Heritage Foundation. (2011). School Choice in America. Retrieved from http://www.heritage.org/applications/schoolchoice

⁴ PBS. (2004). Closing the achievement gap charter school FAQ. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/closingtheachievementgap/faq.html#q1

⁵ US Charter Schools. (2011). Overview. Retrieved from http://www.uscharterschools.org/pub/uscs_docs/o/index.htm

⁶ Alabama Department of Education. (2010, January 15). State Board of Education unanimously supports charter schools legislation in Alabama. Retrieved from http://www.media.alabama.gov/AgencyTemplates/education/alsde_pr.aspx?id=2649

⁷ Chandler, K. (2010, January 11). Governor talks about Alabama charter school legislation. The Birmingham News. Retrieved from http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/01/governor_talks_about_charter_s.html

⁸ Philips R. (2010, August 30). Even with charter schools, Alabama would have flunked Race to the Top The Mobile Press-Register. Retrieved from http://blog.al.com/live/2010/08/even_with_charter_schools_alab.html

⁹ Chandler, K. (2010, August 26). Alabama scores rock bottom in Race to Top. The Birmingham News. Retrieved from http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2010/08/alabama_scores_rock_bottom_in.html

¹⁰ U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. (2010). The condition of education 2000–2010. Indicator 32 (2010). Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/2010/section4/indicator32.asp

¹¹ U.S. Department of Education. Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics. (2010, June). Evaluation of charter school impacts, U.S. Dept. of Education, 2010. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104029/pdf/20104029.pdf

¹² League of Women Voters of New Jersey. (2006). The League of Women Voters of New Jersey charter school task force report. Retrieved from http://www.lwvnj.org/news/Charter_School_Update_TF_Report.pdf

¹³ Batdorff, M., Maloneyk, L., & May, J. (2010, May). Charter School Funding Inequity Persists. (p. 15). Retrieved from http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Teachers/Schools/Charter/CharterFunding. aspx

¹⁴ League of Women Voters of Albany County [New York]. (n.d.). Issues and action, Education issues, Charter school position. Retrieved from http://www.lwvalbany.org/issuesactions/education.htm

¹⁵ The Center for Public Education. (2010, March 24). Charter schools: Finding out the facts. http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Charter-schools- Finding-out-the-facts-At-a-glance/Charter-schools-Finding-out-the-facts.html

¹⁶ U.S. Department of Education. (2010, July 1). Remarks by Secretary Arne Duncan to the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/remarkssecretary- arne-duncan-national-alliance-public-charter-schools

¹⁷ Lake, R., Dusseault, B., Bowen, M., Demeritt, A., & Hill, P. (2010, June). Charter management organizations: Innovations, opportunities, and challenges. Retrieved from http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/cmo_brief_09_interimrep_jun10.pdf

¹⁸ Lake, R., Dusseault, B., Bowen, M., Demeritt, A., & Hill, P. (2010, June). The national study of charter management organization (CMO) Effectiveness Report on Interim Findings. Retrieved from http://www.crpe.org/cs/crpe/download/csr_files/pub_ncsrp_cmo_jun10_2.pdf

¹⁹ O‘Brien, E. M. & Dervarics, C. (n.d). Charter schools: Finding out the facts: At a glance. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Charter-schools- Finding-out-the-facts-At-a-glance/default.aspx

²⁰ U.S. Department of Education. (2010, Sept. 29). Education Secretary Arne Duncan announces twelve grants for $50 million to charter school management organizations. Retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/education-secretary-arne-duncan-announces-twelve-grants- 50-million-charter-school

²¹ O‘Brien, E. M. & Dervarics, C. (n.d). Charter schools: Finding out the facts: At a glance. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Charter-schools- Finding-out-the-facts-At-a-glance/default.aspx

²² Stuit, D. & Smith, T.M. (2010, June). Teacher turnover in charter schools. Retrieved from http://www.vanderbilt.edu/schoolchoice/documents/briefs/brief_stuit_smith_ncspe.pdf

²³ Thomas, E. & Wingert, P. (2010, June 13). Understanding charter schools: Innovative charter schools outperform bureaucratic public schools every time—right? WRONG. Newsweek. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/13/understanding-charter-schools.html

²⁴ U.S. Department of Education. (2008, October). National charter school policy forum report. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/admins/comm/choice/csforum/report.html

²⁵ Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO). (2010, Jan. 5). CREDO Report finds that New York City charter schools do significantly better. Retrieved from http://credo.stanford.edu/reports/CREDO%20NYC%20report%20Press%20Release%20-- %20FINAL.pdf

²⁶ Zimmer, R., Gill, B., Booker, K., Lavertu, S., Sass, T.R., & Witte, J. (2009). Charter Schools in eight states effects on achievement, attainment, integration, and competition. (p. 17). Retrieved from http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG869.pdf

²⁷ Hoxby, C. M., Murarka, S., & Kang, J. (2009, Sept.). The New York City charter schools evaluation project: How New York City’s charter schools affect achievement. Retrieved from http://www.nber.org/~schools/charterschoolseval/how_NYC_charter_schools_affect_achievement_ sept2009.pdf

²⁸ Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO). (2009, June). Multiple Choice: Charter school Performance in 16 States, Executive Summary. Retrieved from http://credo.stanford.edu/reports/MULTIPLE_CHOICE_EXECUTIVE%20SUMMARY.pdf

²⁹ The Center for Public Education. (2010, March 24). Charter schools: Finding out the facts. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Charter-schools- Finding-out-the-facts-At-a-glance/Charter-schools-Finding-out-the-facts.html

³⁰ Institute of Education Sciences. (2010, June.) The evaluation of charter school impacts final report. Retrieved from http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104029/pdf/20104029.pdf

³¹ Thomas, E. & Wingert, P. (2010, June 13). Understanding charter schools: Innovative charter schools outperform bureaucratic public schools every time—right? WRONG. Newsweek. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/13/understanding-charter-schools.html

³² Ravitch, D. (2010, March 9).Why I changed my mind about school reform. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304575109443305343962.html

³³ League of Women Voters of Albany County [New York]. (n.d.). Issues and action, education issues, charter school position. Retrieved from http://www.lwvalbany.org/issuesactions/education.htm

³⁴ O‘Brien, E. M. & Dervarics, C. (n.d). Charter schools: Finding out the facts: At a glance. Retrieved from http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Organizing-a-school/Charter-schools- Finding-out-the-facts-At-a-glance/default.aspx

³⁵ National Education Association. (n.d.). Charter schools. Retrieved from http://www.nea.org/home/16332.htm

³⁶ American Association of University Women. (2009, July). Public School Choice: Charter Schools. Retrieved from http://www.aauw.org/act/issue_advocacy/actionpages/upload/charterschools111.pdf

³⁷ National Association for Charter School Authorizers. (2010). Principles & standards for quality charter school authorizing. Retrieved from http://www.qualitycharters.org/images/stories/publications/Principles_and_Standards_2010.pdf

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