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On the Journey...To Becoming a Charter School.
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Sassin, Franci – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2001
The analogy of pregnancy and birth is used to describe the founding of a Waldorf-style charter school in southern California. Advice is given for dealing with the sponsoring district, bureaucracy, politics of educational reform, standardized testing, and parent community. Sidebars present the mission statement, grant excerpts, timeline, required…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Charter Schools, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
When Is a School Not a School?
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Friedland, Nancy – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2000
Overviews the development of a California homeschooling support group into a successful charter homeschooling program. Currently, the HomeBased Partnership has 72 enrolled children ages 5-14 and 3 staff members. The program encompasses 2 "open days," each 5 hours long, in which children of all ages meet with friends, use classroom…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling