The New Business of Education - Charter Schools

Charter Schools

This special series focuses on the impact the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has had on companies in the educational products and services industry. In this report, NBR Midwest bureau chief Diane Eastabrook looks at the operation of both non-profit and for-profit charter schools.



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• Academica
  Academic is an eduacational management firm that operates charter schools in Florida. The company's president, Fernando Zulueta, is interviewed in Diane Eastabrook's report.
• Arizona State University (ASU)
  ASU has a Commercialism in Education Research Unit (CERU) that publishes an annual report on for-profit education management organizations. The current report was released in August 2007.
• Charter Schools USA
  Charter Schools USA is another educational management firm that operates charter schools in Florida.
• Education Week - "The Business of Running Schools" (Registration Required)
  Education Week is an education newspaper published by Editorial Projects in Education, a nonprofit organization. You must register to read this article, which was first published on December 8, 1999.
• Education Week - "Venture Fund Fueling Push for New Schools" (Registration Required)
  Education Week is an education newspaper published by Editorial Projects in Education, a nonprofit organization. You must register to read this article, which was first published on January 16, 2007.
• Exelon Corporation
  Exelon is a utility company that serves Illinois and Pennsylvania. The company helped provide funding for the Rowe Clark Math & Science Academy in Chicago. This links to a February 8, 2007 press release issued by Exelon titled, "$4.2 million in donations from John & James Rowe, Frank & Vera Clark, and Exelon Corporation launch new charter school campus focused on training Chicago high school students for the 21st Century."
• Noble Street Charter School
  The Noble Street Charter School, which Diane Eastabrook profiles in her report, is located in Chicago. The Rowe Clark Math & Science Academy also mentioned in the report is part of the Noble Street Charter School.
• Northwestern University
  This links to information about Northwestern University's Center for Nonprofit Management. The center's associate director, Liz Howard, is interviewed in Diane Eastabrook's report.
• Western Michigan University (PDF Document)
  This links to a March 2005 paper published by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. It is titled, "Challenges or Starting and Operating Charter Schools: A Multicase Study."

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