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Volume IV, Issue 2, March 7th, 2008      

 

CHARTER LEADER NEWS  

This issue of the Charter Leader News features...

 

Editor's Note: The Charter Leader News is back as a monthly newsletter. In addition to providing you with timely information on funding opportunities, trainings and operations, we aim to provide to you, under one publication, resources and interesting news from around the city's charter school community.

 

This Sunday 60 Minutes (CBS, Ch. 2 at 7:00 pm) will feature a piece on The Carl C. Icahn Charter School.

 

A Record Number of Charters Opening in Fall 2008

 

More public charter schools (19) are scheduled to open in New York City this fall then in any other time in the history of the city’s charter movement. The record growth is both a consequence of the pent-up demand by parents for more high-quality public education alternatives and the strong pipeline of schools.

 

Two additional charters, The Equity Project Charter School (Harlem) and Achievement First North Crown Heights Charter School, have also been authorized but will open in fall 2009. (To read today's NY Times article on The Equity Project Charter School please click here.)

 

To date, sixteen charters are approved to open. The charters for four other schools (Harlem Success Charter School II, III, IV and Carl C. Icahn Charter School Far Rockaway) approved by SUNY will be effective next Monday.

 

The 2008 charters are a diverse group of schools in many respects, including education philosophy, curriculum, institutional partner and geography. However, they all offer instructional and educational programs focused on serving the most vulnerable and neediest students in the system. For example, two of the new schools – La Cima (Brooklyn) and Bronx Global Learning Institute -- plan to serve large numbers of English Language Learners (ELLs) with Bronx Global offering dual-language instruction. The Mott Haven Academy Charter School will serve at-risk students who are currently in the foster care and child welfare system. (To read the February 4th NY Sun article on the school please click here.) Green Dot, which is best known for operating charter high schools in Los Angeles, is partnering with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) to open the city’s third charter high school in the Bronx.

 

To read school bios on all the 2008- 2009 charter schools go to “Joining the Ranks” or click here.

  


Joanne Hunt, 2008 Cahn Fellows Honoree

 

The Charter Center congratulates Joanne Hunt of Harbor Sciences and Arts Charter School on her selection as a 2008 Cahn Fellow. Each year, the Cahn Fellows Program for Distinguished New York City Principals at Teachers College, Columbia University, recognizes outstanding NYC principals and provides them with opportunities for professional, intellectual and personal growth. About eight (8) percent of all NYC principals were nominated to receive a 2008 Cahn Fellowship and fewer than half of all applicants for the 2008 cohort were awarded fellowships (24 to be exact). Joanne has been principal of Harbor Sciences and Arts for four years. Over that period test results have consistently improved and last year the school was granted a full-term, five-year renewal without limitations from its authorizer (SUNY).

 

Harbor Sciences and Arts Board Member Jim Isenberg believes Joanne has done a first-rate job as school leader. “For me, she’s an exemplary of the education leader now and into the future. She takes her leadership role seriously and is really committed to this community of children and parents. And what I really appreciate is that she sees this fellowship as an opportunity to build a collaborative effort here that not only enriches her skills but the entire school as an organization,” said Isenberg.

 

"This fellowship will give me the opportunity to grow as an educator," said Hunt, who has been an administrator, assistant principal and teacher with the New York City Department of Education. "Being a principal can be very lonely. I am now part of a learning network that fosters professional and intellectual growth and will be better equipped to achieve even greater success within my school. I look forward to the networking, the professional conversation and the opportunity to mentor a NYC school principal."

 

Last year two charter school leaders – Xanthe Jory of Bronx Charter School for the Arts and Christina Tettonis of the Hellenic Classical Charter School – were awarded fellowships under the program.

 

                  

         

         THE CENTERPIECE

 

Schools Closing, Schools Opening:

          Some Lessons For Us All?

   UPCOMING EVENTS

 

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    • MISSION

     

    The mission of the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence is to stimulate the supply of high-quality charter schools and support ongoing student excellence in all NYC charter schools, impacting the effectiveness of public education. As an independent nonprofit, the Charter Center is an advocate, bridge and catalyst for the achievement of academic and operational success and sustainability of all NYC charter schools for each young person.

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