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	Not All Charter Schools Are Created Equal http://www.family.org/fofmag/features/a0007123.html
	This article about charter schools helps parents to consider education priorities for their children when choosing a charter school. It advises how parents need to compare the school's mission as opposed to their own expectations in order to make better choices in choosing a school or in helping to correct a situation in which the parents and the school may be in conflict.
	Charter Schools http://www.cde.ca.gov/charter
	This article presents a short description of a charter school and can be helpful for someone needing a quick outline and explanation of what a charter school does and how it is organized. Other links are provided for those wishing to know more about petitions, summaries, and policy issues.
	Overview of Charter Schools http://www.uscharterschools.org/gen_info/gi_main.htm
	This article gives a definition of what comprises a charter school and how one is organized, as well as lists the benefits of a charter school. A brief history and characteristics of charter schools are given, and an opportunity to check other links on the above topics is provided.
	Charter Schools Are Here to Stay http://www.naesp.org/comm/p0397a.htm
	This article provides a clear, concise overview of the charter school movement, with good information on state laws, including restrictions on who can apply to open a school, what level of autonomy is allowed, and the regulations governing teachers and administrators. Also included is a summary of various aspects of charter schools in existence (in 1996), their size, the focus, and the demographics of the student bodies.
	Charter Schools: Friends or Foes? http://www.naesp.org/comm/p0598c.htm
	A well-written, good introduction to the charter schools movement. The author has studied charter schools in five states – California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Michigan -- and provides a useful summary of the types of sponsoring organizations. Although this article was written primarily for administrators, parents interested in the topic can learn from it.
	Charter Schools: A New Breed of Public Schools http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/93-2what.htm
	Considering enrolling your child in a charter school and looking to find out more? This is a great place to start. It concisely explains what a charter schools, how they are set up, how they are different from traditional public and private schools and how they are funded. Because the article contains a little information on a number of issues, it should answer many basic questions that parents have. If you want to find out about charter schools in your area though, you’ll be out of luck here.
	About Charter Schools http://edreform.com/charters.htm
	If you want to know anything and everything about charter schools, this is the place to start. This page (produced by the Center for Education Reform) is essentially a list of categories and hyperlinks to other web sites which offer a directory, workbook, action papers, op-eds, testimony, calendar of events, survey, job listings, rankings, news alerts and legislative profiles related to charter schools. Although the layout is a long list that seems somewhat confusing, stick with it because the wealth of information on charter schools is worth it.