
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 […]
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Mark Francis – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Mark Francis, DMA. Director of the Arizona Department of Education Mark Francis, DMA, is Director of the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), Arizona Charter Schools Program (2009-present). AZCSP is funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Program, Charter School Program. Dr. Francis was the […]
Wendy Miller – Bio
View Board of Advisors View Charter Founders Wendy Miller CEO and Principal of Challenge Charter School in Glendale Wendy Miller is the CEO and Principal of Challenge Charter School in Glendale. Challenge has been serving its community with approximately 500 elementary students since 1996. Founded by Wendy’s parents, Greg and Pam Miller, Challenge was part […]