2022
Interview of Dr. Nell Collier – Friendship Academy of the Arts
Friendship Academy of the Arts – Oral History
Interview of Dr. Charvez Russell, Friendship Academy of the Arts – Excerpt: What’s the future for Friendship Academy?
Interview of Dr. Charvez Russell, Friendship Academy of the Arts – Excerpt: “Charter school exist because of their mission”… “Friendship Academy’s mission”
Interview of Dr. Nell Collier, Friendship Academy of the Arts – Excerpt: “Helping children in my own front yard”
Arizona’s Oral History of its Charter School Law
The oral history of Arizona’s charter school law featured key figures in its development, including Mark Francis, DeAnna Rowe, Wendy Miller, and Lisa Graham Keegan. The discussion highlighted the passage of the 1994 charter school legislation, the role of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, and the challenges faced in the early years. Success […]
Making The School The Teacher’ School
December 2022 · By John Kostouros and Ted Kolderie A legislative intent in the original statute was to create new professional opportunities for teachers. That arrangement appeared early. This third booklet in the series describes how that idea of enlarging teachers’ professional autonomy has developed — and, taking off from the Education Evolving meeting in Minneapolis […]
Innovative Authorizing for Minnesota’s Chartered Schools
August 2022 · By John Kostouros and Ted Kolderie Our series of booklets on Minnesota’s chartering program began with the Guide you see above. Within the program set up by that institutional innovation have come various other innovations. One of these has to do with the process of authorizing schools. Initially, here and elsewhere, authorizers were […]
