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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
Instant Montessori Schools: According to David Lerch, Who Should Know, Federal Magnet Grants Will Be Announced in August - and Schools Will Open in September
Available from: University of Connecticut Libraries - American Montessori Society Records
Publication: Public School Montessorian, vol. 7, no. 2
Date: Winter 1995
Pages: 1
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
IMS Montessori Schools [Profiles of 6 Schools]
Publication: Montessori Observer, vol. 3, no. 2
Date: Feb 1982
Pages: 1, 3
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Language: English
ISSN: 0889-5643
Article
School Recognition, School Consultation
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 22, no. 3
Date: May 2009
Pages: 6
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Language: English
Article
To Transform a School: Turning Dreams into Reality [New Gate School, Sarasota, FL]
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 6, no. 3
Date: 1998
Pages: 5–11
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Multilingualism in a Montessori Preschool: A Study of Language Variability in a Linguistically Diverse Preschool Programme
Available from: IndianJournals
Publication: Journal of Exclusion Studies, vol. 9, no. 2
Date: 2019
Pages: 111-131
Asia, Bilingualism, India, Multilingualism, South Asia
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Abstract/Notes: This article is based on a study of an ‘English-medium’ preschool programme for underprivileged children. The diverse linguistic backgrounds of the teachers and students prompted an enquiry into how multiple languages would be negotiated in the setting and how comprehension, learning and communication would occur given that none of the children came from English-speaking homes. The article identifies and interprets key features of verbal language that were observed in the setting and articulates implications for educational practice.
Language: English
DOI: 10.5958/2231-4555.2019.00009.3
ISSN: 2231-4547, 2231-4555
Article
A New Home for the Montessori Foundation and Our Future Lab School: The Field School
Publication: Tomorrow's Child, vol. 16, no. 1
Date: 2007
Pages: 4
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Language: English
ISSN: 1071-6246
Article
Every School Has a Story [Selkirk Montessori School, Victoria, British Columbia]
Publication: The National Montessori Reporter, vol. 24, no. 3
Date: 2000
Pages: 4
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Language: English
Article
AMI School Celebrates a Newly Remodeled Facility [Flossmoor Montessori School, Flossmoor, IL]
Publication: AMI/USA News, vol. 11, no. 2
Date: Mar 1998
Pages: 3
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Language: English
Article
The OEkos Schools Program Sites [14 public schools]
Publication: OEkosphere [Œkosphere], vol. 1, no. 2
Date: Jan/Feb 1995
Pages: 6
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Language: English