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• Islam-Inspired Schools Growing in Ohio ; Three of the Horizon Charter Schools Are Located in Dayton.

DAYTON -- A fast-growing educational movement inspired by a reclusive Islamic imam has opened charter schools throughout the country, including three Horizon Science Academies in Dayton. The Chicago-based Concept Schools runs 19 Ohio charter schools, becoming one of the state's largest operators of publicly funded charters. It was founded by Turkish educators inspired by a religious leader, scholar and poet Fethullah Glen, who preaches a philosophy of nonviolence, interfaith dialogue and personal success through education in math and the sciences. The schools' operators say they don't push a religious agenda.

• Dayton Daily News
• March 22, 2011

• Application for New Awards; Charter Schools Program (CSP); Grants for Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 13304, March 06, 2012
• Notices
• Education Department

• Wyoming Needs Charter Schools

Editor's note: This is the last in a four-part series on charter schools. (Charter schools) have changed the culture of public schools in New Orleans. There is a different environment: the children feel good about themselves, and they are performing well." - James Callier, former head of the Louisiana University System and now at the Taylor Foundation in New Orleans

• Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
• April 28, 2010

• Charter Schools Plan: Individualized Education for Every Student in Maine.

Supporters of public charter schools told lawmakers Thursday that the schools would improve the quality of education in Maine by giving students and parents options. Too many children are not finding their needs met by the traditional delivery of education," said Roger Brainerd, who leads the Maine Association for Charter Schools. "The charter school model is a structural framework for injecting innovation in education.

• Portland Press Herald
• May 13, 2011

• State Panel Gives Charter Schools Boost

AUGUSTA Charter schools in Maine came closer than they ever have to reality Friday when the Legislatures Education and Cultural Affairs Committeevoted in favor of a bill that would allow creation of up to 10 of them in the next 10 years. Despite opposition by the Maine Education Association and the associations for principals, superintendents and school boards, nine of the committees members favor the bill sponsored by Sen. Garrett Paul Mason, R-Lisbon Falls. The latest version of the bill, LD 1553, An Act to Create a Public Charter School Program in Maine,has not yet been printed after amendments were approved Friday.

• Bangor Daily News
• May 23, 2011

• Education Chief Visits Indy Today Duncan Pushes Charter Schools

INDIANAPOLIS - As he presses the case for charter schools on a national level, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is visiting Indianapolis today to visit the Charles A. Tindley Academy along with Gov. Mitch Daniels. The Charles A. Tindley Academy is one of 62 charter schools in Indiana. But that number could grow if education reforms that Daniels is pushing during the current session of the Indiana General Assembly become law.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• June 14, 2011

• Charter Schools Falling Short?

With the Christie administration poised to announce approvals for a new wave of charter schools today, some educators say the state needs to be more vigilant in making sure charters keep their promises to be models of reform. While some charters, like North Star Academy in Newark, winner of a national Blue Ribbon for excellence, are shining successes, others underperform even in the most troubled districts.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 18, 2011

• Charter Schools Escape Pay Limit

The director of a Teaneck charter school with about 300 students was paid more than $200,000 last year. In Englewood, the head of an even smaller charter school, with 200 students, earned $152,000 in public money for working part time. Governor Christie has moved to cap the salaries of superintendents at much larger traditional public school districts, but has proposed no such ceiling on tax-supported charters.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 21, 2011

• National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Issues a Statement On Proposed Federal Funding for Charter Schools

Funding Requests for both the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget and the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution Support Charter School Growth WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2012 budget request, and the proposed fiscal year 2011 Continuing Resolution, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools released the following statement from its president and CEO, Peter C. Groff:

• U.S. Newswire
• February 15, 2011

• La. Educators Not On Same Page with Virtual Charter Schools

LaVerne Hooker sat on the edge of her seat waiting to hear how her family computer could grant her daughters access to a better public education. She was one of dozens of parents who crammed into a conference room at a Metairie hotel April 11 to learn more about Louisiana Connections Academy, one of the first state-approved virtual public charter schools. Over the past five years, Hooker, who lives in Metairie and runs a dance studio there, has enrolled her daughters, Nicolette, 14, and Elizabeth, 11, in five different schools, both public and private. Her voice broke as she rehashed difficulties with school transportation, bullying and finding appropriate instruction for Elizabeth, a special needs student.

• New Orleans City Business
• April 26, 2011