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Why We Tell Our Founders’ Stories…

Founders Library proud to partner with The 74  This month the National Charter Schools Founders Library is excited to highlight charter school leader/founder stories and share a free online copy of Richard Whitmire’s The Founders: Inside the Revolution to Invent and Reinvent America’s Best Charter Schools. Written more than seven years ago, this book grew from […]

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The 74 Million: National Charter Schools Founders Library Preserves the Past, Shapes the Future

August 9, 2023
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The Founders Library Speaks for Charters

June 29, 2023
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The Founders Library: Capturing Charter School History for Future Generations

June 29, 2023
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Newark Chapter 9: Progress from Peril to Promise But Will the Full Potential of Chartering Be Achieved?

May 17, 2023
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Newark Chapter 8: Compelling Research Demonstrates Unprecedented Improvement as an Improved District Regains Local Control

April 10, 2023
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Newark Chapter 7: Encouraging Data Emerges and Reformers Summon the Persistence Needed to Stay the Course

April 9, 2023
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Newark Chapter 6: Reforms are Met With Pushback and a New Book Rushes to Judgement

March 2, 2023
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Newark Chapter 5: The Zuckerberg Gift

March 2, 2023
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Minnesota U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger:  Redefining Public Education

February 15, 2023
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