How Chartering Can Build a Better Future for Students, Educators, and Communities A Tribute to Ted Kolderie at 95 By Jim Goenner, Ph.D. Everything Becomes Obsolete Everything that stops growing and adapting eventually becomes obsolete. Not because it fails, but because the world keeps changing. The horse did not fail; the car made it unnecessary. Candles did […]
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Final Report to Connecticut: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman’s Reflections on Public Service and Civic Responsibility
Summary: The Joseph Lieberman Final Report is a reflective publication documenting his decades of public service to Connecticut and the nation. The document highlights his legislative priorities, including education reform, civil rights, environmental protection, and national security. Lieberman underscores the importance of bipartisan cooperation, ethical leadership, and the role of public service in strengthening democracy. […]
American Federation for Teachers news release announcing the idea of “charter schools” | March 31, 1988
This collection of materials from 1988 highlights Albert Shanker’s influential advocacy for a new kind of school reform rooted in teacher empowerment and educational experimentation. Through his “Where We Stand” columns in the New York Times and public addresses, Shanker proposed that teams of teachers be given the authority to create chartered schools-within-schools, a radical […]
SB 1448: How California Launched Charter School Reform
Summary of the 1992 SB 1448 Third Reading Analysis Senate Bill 1448, authored by Senator Gary K. Hart and supported by education reform advocates, proposed the establishment of charter schools in California. The bill introduced a legal framework allowing teachers and others to petition for the creation of charter schools—public institutions operating independently from many […]
A Nation at Risk (1983)
A Nation at Risk, published by the U.S. National Commission on Excellence in Education, warned that the foundations of the American education system were eroding under mediocrity. The report argued that declining academic performance, diluted curricula, and low expectations were placing the nation’s economic future and global leadership in jeopardy. With dire metaphors—“a rising tide […]
THE ORIGINATION OF MICHIGAN’S CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY: AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
by Jim Goenner, Ph.D. The dissertation “The Origination of Michigan’s Charter School Policy: An Historical Analysis” by James N. Goenner (2011) examines how Michigan’s charter school policy was created, with a focus on Governor John Engler’s role as a public policy entrepreneur. Key Themes & Findings: The study provides a historical and political analysis of […]
The Politics of Charter School Authorizing: The Case of New York State
by Jonas S. Chartock 2012 The treatise “The Politics of Charter School Authorizing: The Case of New York State” by Jonas S. Chartock (2012) explores how multiple statewide charter school authorizers were created in New York through the New York State Charter Schools Act of 1998. The study applies Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model to analyze […]
The 74 Million
Download “The Founders” book for free Content courtesy of The 74 Million The 74 Million Richard Whitmire, The 74 Million USA | 2023 Inside ‘The Founders’: Marc Strenberg, The Walton Family Foundation The 74 Million A School Founder’s History: Don Shalvey, Aspire Public Schools Don Shalvey, The 74 Million CA Inside ‘The Founders’: Victoria Rico, George […]
