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Doctoral Dissertation
Charter Schools: A Descriptive Study of Empowerment within the Operation of Charter Schools
Available from: ProQuest - Dissertations and Theses
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Abstract/Notes: The purpose of this study was to describe the variables that contributed to the establishment of a charter school in an urban Arizona district and rural California district noting the similarities and dissimilarities, and to disclose the factors used to justify the implementation of the Montessori theory of education. Another purpose of the study was to describe the guidelines for maintaining a charter school, and the evaluation methods and factors used in the school's unique experience with staffing and funding. This research was descriptive and employed a case study approach. Descriptive research methodology was used to identify the same factors found in the Arizona study replicated by the researcher. Nonprobability, purposive sampling technique was the sampling used in the study. The instrument used for the study was interviews. Findings. The NFL/YET Academy in Arizona and Discovery Charter School in California experienced many similarities when the same variables were applied to both schools. As a result, the stakeholders of both schools used the principles of the organizational theory of empowerment to implement choices in curriculum. This process allowed the stakeholders an opportunity to meet the educational needs of students in the community. The following conclusions were made: (1) community empowerment plays a vital role in educating children; (2) the charter school movement allows parents, teachers, administrators, and community leaders to be involved in the creation of school governance and curriculum; and (3) charter schools allow all stakeholders to become involved in the decision-making process. The following are recommendations for further study: (1) This study should be conducted using a greater number of charter schools, and (2) This study should be conducted using administrator's leadership style in the organizational theory area of structure/roles.
Language: English
Published: La Verne, California, 2003
Article
Distant Possibilities: Profiles of Programs Charters as Laboratories [profiles of nine charter schools] Offer Training via Independent Study
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 12, no. 1
Date: Fall 1999
Pages: 1, 21-23
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Overestimating Enrollment Jeopardizes Charter [Arizona Montessori Charter Schools; Great River School, St. Paul, Minnesota]
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 17, no. 2
Date: Winter 2005
Pages: 1, 14
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Advancing Montessori Public And Charter Schools
Available from: ProQuest
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 23, no. 1
Date: Spring 2011
Pages: 3, 7
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
The California Montessori Project! [charter schools]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 24, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 20–21
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Language: English
Article
Charter Schools and Montessori: Double Bind–or Double Bonus?
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 14, no. 3
Date: 2002
Pages: 34–39
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Article
Charter Schools: Our Challenge, Our Opportunity
Publication: Montessori Life, vol. 14, no. 3
Date: 2002
Pages: 43
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Language: English
ISSN: 1054-0040
Report
Teacher Compensation in Montessori Charter Schools
Available from: National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS)
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Abstract/Notes: Compensation is a tool to recruit and retain effective faculty and staff. Salary ranges should reflect region, role, and prior experience. Compensation and benefits should also be designed to reward longevity and provide opportunities for growth.
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C., Jul 18, 2016
Article
Choice, Charter Schools, and Montessori
Publication: MPSC Update [Montessori Public School Consortium (Cleveland, OH)], vol. 4, no. 1
Date: Spring 1996
Pages: 7-8
Americas, Montessori schools, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: English
Article
Wildflower and Charter Schools
Publication: Montessori Public, vol. 7, no. 1
Date: Fall 2022
Pages: 20-21
Charter schools, Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wildflower Schools
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Language: English