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Post Prop. 26 School Construction Strategies
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 4.4.2000
Last month, despite a $25-million campaign by its supporters, California voters rejected Proposition 26, which would have made it easier to pass local school construction bonds. In the wake of this result, the question becomes how best to finance future school construction.
Innovations for Excellence in Education: The California Charter School Story
Submitted by K. Lloyd Billingsley, Sue Bragato, David Patterson, Jeff Rice, Pamela Riley on 4.1.2000
Within the space of only a decade, charter schools have evolved from an abstract, theoretical design for school improvement to a widespread web of unique individual schools. A web of roughly 2000 small, focused, public schools, each intentionally unique in mission, yet remarkably similar to each other in mutual commitment among its students, parents, and educators. Although a nationwide phenomenon, charter schools are inherently local creations, born within the legislative parameters of their respective state governments. Charter schools are a testimony to the resilience and responsiveness of the American system of government as well as a tangible indicator of our growing recognition of the use of market forces and incentives in providing public services such as schooling.
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