A New Charter School Area

Education is the light of our livings, is the key to success. Without education we wouldn't have reached the moon, or invent an intern-ate. It's big and important topic that deserve to look and spent time. As we know, the k-12 grade are the base of the higher education. Schools can make or destroy students . students go to school for at least twelve years before they go to a higher education. The right schools could prepares student to university and college education level. That's the reason we need charter schools .

Urban Prep Charter Academies is a three campus charter public school in the city of Chicago. Urban Prep is located in the West, Bronzeville, and Englewood communities. The three campuses have grew the name of getting 100% acceptances into college, with the population of African American young males. “Urban Prep’s mission is to provide a high-quality and comprehensive college-preparatory educational experience to young men that results in our graduates succeeding in college” (About Urban Prep, 2012). Upon my discovery, Urban Prep counseling department consist of academic counselors, personal counselors, and college counselors. Each department work together towards fulfilling the school’s mission of providing and assisting in implementing a high-quality

The issue that causes the most tension at Westside Consolidated School District No. 5 is the school shooting. Many families moved out of the school district as a result and the district has not recovered fully from the departure of those business leaders and students. The projected growth is another community issue that is causing tension. The state of the district buildings and amenities is not on the level of our former rival Valley View nor our current rival Brookland and the district has few options to build new buildings, retain teachers, and offer new class curriculums for the student

Lake Wales Charter Schools system (LWCS) opened its doors to the first students in August of 2004. LWCS faces several challenges, including educating a large migrant population and high poverty rates. Serving over 4,000 students in Lake Wales, Florida, superintendent of schools Jesse L. Jackson and his administration have worked to foster an internal culture of collaboration and communication to innovatively engage their students and families.

Prosper, Texas is one of the last additions to Collin County and has a current population of over 12,000 residents (Minor, 2010). Prosper’s establishment came about from the merging of two farming settlements in 1902, however the city’s name was not incorporated until 1914 (“History”, n.d.; Minor, 2010). According to the city’s webpage, Prosper is committed to being family-oriented and providing every resident an opportunity to experience quality living while maintaining small town ideals (“About Prosper”, n.d.). The Prosper Independent School District’s (PISD) vision to “reach everyone, everyday” (“REACH Philosophy / REACH”, 2002) mirrors the town’s belief in including everyone. Despite the exceptional growth within the city over the past few years, the school district is determined to meet the needs of its student population. One way in which PISD plans to ensure all of its students receive an equitable education, is through its adoption and implementation of the Response to Intervention (RtI) program.

partnerships with workforce training programs. Through our 20+ partnership and standalone campuses, we offer a range of classroom,

Gulf Coast Charter School would be the best middle school option because there are weekly field activities, technology education programs, and clubs and extracurricular activities. Gulf Coast will allow students to learn more about things that already interest them and help them to realize what they might want to be involved in during high school.

W. Edwars Deming, American engineer and management consultant, wrote “a bad system will beat a good person every time.” This quote demonstrates the necessity for a school administrator to establish a school culture that is inviting and characterized by collaboration. In order to intentionally create a welcoming and collaborative school climate, clear, frequent, and inclusive communication is fundamental. Families, staff, and community members should be afforded the opportunity to become involved in enhancing student learning, the decision making processes of the school, and meaningful school-based activities. Opening the lines of communication about possible involvement at a school promotes a good system, in which good people can thrive.

My family and i went on a train trip, to Seward AK with "Twindly Bridge Charter School". The morning we left, we were gone by 3:45 am. We arrived at The Alaska Railroad Train Station by 5:30 am, and we checked in our luggage. Our entire school sat in cart F 210, we were all aboard by approximately 6:00 am. I sat in seat row K number 12.

The state of Utah has recently been trying to create a new formula of funding to schools to better equalize charter and public schools. At this point in time Charter schools are receiving their funds from the school districts property tax revenue known as local replacement funding and from the state per-pupil funding. The per-pupil funding is an amount given per student enrolled on October 1. This amount will still be given year long even if a student transfers out creating a steady income of the same amount while enrollment fluctuates. The school districts local replacement funding requires them to hand over one-fourth of their property tax revenue money to be distributed to the charter schools in their region. The District is unhappy to

Another issue will an all charter school district is parent involvement. There are so many different types of parents: some take initiative and others do not. Would parents who normally do not take a notice in their child’s life take any interest in researching which charter school they would like their child to go to if the district was made solely of charter schools? William Jeynes (2009) argues that parents may not have “sufficient information about the options available to make the most prudent [choice]” for their child because of their financial position (p. 11). Cambridge, Massachusetts has transformed its school district into a public school choice program where parents can choose which public school to send their child to. The

(Bredekamp, 2009). I will show the parent that we can be in harmony in the program and with the family’s values. I need to take away the feeling that I am right and they are wrong and I need to see that neither one of us are right or wrong. I need to see that we are learning and trying to help their child to grow, learn and develop. (Bredekamp, 2009). The role of our local community is to provide a physical, emotional, and cognitive environment that helps in the development and learning of the child. We with community will build a foundation that is consistent, positive, and caring relationships with adults and children. (Bredekamp, 2009). We will build that relationship with teachers and children and families and teachers. We as community it is our responsibility to contribute to the well-being and learning of the child. I will get the child involved in the community and their families because it helps them to learn about themselves and the world around them. The community involved in my school helps children respect and be able to acknowledge their differences. I as a teacher will develop responsibility and help with self-regulation with the

The Field Experience Matrix provides evidence of the various types of EPP partnerships for each program (SSA exhibit: Field Experience

During the semester, there were various issues we discussed regarding P-12 and higher education that I found to be informative. The issue that I found most intriguing was charter schools. It was intriguing because I knew very little about the topic. The article discussion and presentation on charter schools provided information that heightened my awareness on the number of students attending charter schools in the United States. I was not aware of how charter schools had grown from 300,000 to 2.5 million students nationwide. Today, there are over 6,400 charter schools in the United States. One of my colleagues did a presentation on charter schools. I learned more about charter schools, and how they are operated. For instance, charter

The project was a difficult task because it was difficult finding a great time to meet with the group. The first meeting was very successful. Objectives were set and realistic. We decided for each member for the group to locate schools, high school or middle school, that would be at least interested in setting up a meeting with us. We all decided to narrow it down to just focusing on two schools. We targeted Fenwick and Walther Christian Academy. At the beginning,