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1998

1998: Scaling What Works Through CMOs

June 26, 2025

Minnesota’s 1991 charter schools law set a precedent for how schools should be organized and operated. It envisioned teachers, principals, and community leaders coming together to apply for a charter to open one school at a time, with each charter governed by an individual board of directors. Though straightforward, this model provided limited opportunities to […]

House Education and Workforce Committee hearing 1998: Success of Charter Schools

May 1, 2025

Witnesses testified about how charter schools were succeeding, how federal charter school funds were assisting them, obstacles to operating charter schools, and how federal programs, in general, help or hurt charter schools. View on CSPAN https://www.c-span.org/program/house-committee/charter-schools/101355 On June 15, 2018, C-SPAN broadcast a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on charter schools, exploring their advantages […]

Linda Brown – Charter School Facility Financing. Constraints and Options

June 23, 2023

Memorandum To Nelson Smith From Amy Rifkind, 1998-11-14

July 2, 2021

District Of Columbia Public Charter School Board Update Ten Approved For Charters March 1998

July 2, 2021

1998 DC Public Charter School Board Inaugural Award Ceremony And Reception

July 2, 2021

Talking Points For July 17, 1998 Meeting With Maudine Cooper

July 2, 2021

Memorandum To Funders Interested In Public Education From Desiree Griffin-Moore, Sally Rudney, And Margie Siegel,1998-02-11

July 2, 2021

Josephine Baker Speech To The Trustees Of Bennett College, 1998-02-17

July 2, 2021

Letter To Nelson Smith From Mary-Elizabeth Beach, 1998-12-01

July 2, 2021

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