What has informed our charter school design?
People are always asking us "how'd you come up with that?". Often we respond that "it came from ___________." Education is complicated enough; we're not here to add layers of complexity by reinventing the wheel and trying to pass it off as something else. The fact is, in most cases we know what works for kids. It's not an innovation problem, it's an execution problem. So having said all that, here's a sample of resources informing our work:
Books we're reading:
From High School to College - Michael W. Kirst & Andrea Venezia
College Knowledge - David Conley
How to Change the World - David Bornstein
No Child Left Behind? - Paul Peterson & Marty West
Spinning Wheels - Frederick Hess
Left Back - Diane Ravitch
Choice and Competition in American Education - Paul Peterson
Websites we frequent:
Education Next - a comprehensive resource for getting up to speed on current trends in American education
Education Sector
Center for Education Policy Research
Education Gadfly - a weekly bulletin from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation
Other charter schools we're talking to:
MATCH School - Boston, MA www.matchschool.org
Boston Collegiate Academy - Dorchester, MA www.bostoncollegiate.org
Green Dot Public Schools - Los Angeles, CA www.greendot.org
Friendship Public Schools - Washington DC, www.friendshipschoolsdc.org
Downtown College Prep - San Jose, CA www.downtowncollegeprep.org
Achievement First Schools - New York, NY and New Haven, CT www.achievementfirst.org
Uncommon Schools - Greater New England- www.uncommonschools.org
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