Blogs
CEI-PEA facilitates the Charter Notebook, a blog that provides insights, analysis and advice from experts in public education, particularly independent charter schools, on a range of topics valuable to all educators, including how to implement the Common Core to advance the mission of your public school, how to start your own charter school, effective budgeting strategies, and much more. Recent posts include:
03.05.12 – Voices from the Field: Creating a Knowledge-Driven Charter School in Washington DC by Tovah Gottesman, The Finance Project
03.05.12 – Moving beyong Brick and Mortar: Creating a Technology Integration Plan for Charters by Tovah Gottesman and Kelsey Boivin, The Finance Project
02.16.12 – Starting a Charter School: The Day After Approval – Enrollment and Recruiting by Lisa DiGaudio, Founding Principal of New Dawn Charter School
02.08.12 – Giving Parents Choice Among Various Schools is the OPPOSITE of Forced Segregation by Bill Wilson & Joe Nathan
02.07.12 – Common Core Shift 1: Balancing the Literacy Beam by Lisa DiGaudio, Curriculum Developer for Charter Schools
01.18.2012 – Independent Charter Schools and Diversity, Part One: The Problem of “Resegregation” by Rachel Scott, The Finance Project
01.18.2012 – “It’s Like Having a Personal Expert in Your Back Pocket” – The Online Hotline for Independent Charter Schools by Shawn Stelow, The Finance Project
12.22.2011 – How to Keep Great Teachers at Your Charter School by Rachel Scott, The Finance Project
12.22.2011 – Common Core, Implementing the New Standards and Keeping True to Your School’s Mission by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School and Leferts Garden Charter School
12.20.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Preparing for the Interview by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
12.20.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Preparing for the Public Hearing by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
12.14.2011 – Charter Trends: Charter Schools in Rural America by Charisse Gulosino
12.09.2011 – Implementing Common Core Standards in Independent Charter Schools by Shawn Stelow, The Finance Project
12.09.2011 – How to Implement the Comon Core into Your School Curriculum by Lisa DiGaudio, Founding Board Member of New Dawn Charter School & Curriculum Coordinator of Lefferts Garden Charter School
12.09.2011 – Greetings from the New York State English Council Conference by Lisa DiGaudio, Founding Board Member of New Dawn Charter School & Curriculum Coordinator of Lefferts Garden Charter School
12.01.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Writing the Full Application (Attachments to Consider) by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
12.01.2011 – Are CMOs Really a Silver Bullet? Not According to this Study by Shawn Stelow Griffin, The Finance Project
11.15.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Writing the Full Application (Narrative) by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
11.15.2011 – Make Us or Break Us: Why Finance Gurus are Needed (Or Should Be Grown) in Every Indie Charter School by Rachel Scott, The Finance Project
11.03.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Writing the Prospectus by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
10.30.2011 – Planning and Balance: Targeting Your Charter School’s Success by Rachel Scott, The Finance Project
10.23.2011 – Incorporating the Common Core into the Curriculum: What the heck is it exactly? by Lisa DiGaudio, Founding Board Member of New Dawn Charter School & Curriculum Coordinator of Lefferts Garden Charter School
10.17.2011 – Will We Continue to Fail English Language Learners? by Aretha Miller, Consultant, English Language Learners
10.11.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Writing the Letter of Intent by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
10.06.2011 – Charter Trends: Suburban Challenges to Charter School Growth by Dr. Charisse Gulosino, Loyola University New Orleans
09.16.2011 – Parent Engagement: A Community Effort by Kelsey Bovin, The Finance Project
09.16.2011 – Starting a Charter School: Researching Best Practices and Discovering What Works by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
08.22.2011 – Serving Special Education Students in Charter Schools by Soumya Bhat, The Finance Project
08.22.2011 – An Inside View in the Development of an Independent Prospective Charter School: The Development of the “Idea” by Lisa DiGaudio, New Dawn Charter School
07.19.2011 – The Imperative of Teacher Evaluation in the Charter Community by Kelsey Bovin, The Finance Project
07.19.2011 – Bi-Partisan Support for House Resolution 2218 – Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act by Shawn Stelow, The Finance Project
07.19.2011 – Independent Charter Schools: Sharing Innovations to Improve Education Across the Country by Wayne Jones, JPS Solutions
07.17.2011 – Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Funding Climate for Charter Schools by Cheri Hayes, The Finance Project
07.17.2011 – For Charter Schools, Is Entrepreneurship the Goal? by Wayne Jones, JPS Solutions
07.17.2011 – Growing a Culture of Accountability from the Start by Shawn Stelow, The Finance Project
The views expressed in Charter Notebook blogs represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association or the U.S. Department of Education.