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Welcome to Volume 3 of the NCSC News!

The Oct/Nov 2003 edition includes:

Dr. Ron Johnson encourages grassroots activists to work towards increasing educational options for minority students and to take advantage of the high quality charter schools and other educational choices available today in Educational Choice Or Academic Slavery.


Education|Evolving is undertaking a national initiative to convince policy makers, education reform leaders, journalists and others that creating new schools should be an essential element in achieving needed educational changes and improvements.

The struggle for the survival of Big Pine Neighborhood Charter School is described by Dr. Duncan Mathewson in Charter School Conversion Strategies: A Test Case for School Choice in the Florida Keys.

Strategies to teach students to set and achieve realistic goals that will significantly improve performance in the classroom, workplace, and life as a whole are outlined by Mr. John Bishop in Empowering Students to Succeed.

The frequently asked question (FAQ) answers the query: When is the next national conference?

Funding information to enhance your financial future:

Grantwriter: Denise Rivers

Grantwriting Article: Introducing a Grants Program at a Small Non-Profit

Grantwritng Tip: Grantwriting Made Easy

Grant Opportunities:

Federal: Math and Science Partnership Program

Foundation: C.R. Bard Foundation

State: Arizona – Community Service Grant

 

Past issues of the NCSC News are available from the Archives.

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help wanted
NCSC wants to feature your charter school research, success stories and horror stories in future publications. Do you want to get your message out to the charter school community? Writing for the NCSC is an excellent means to achieve this goal. If you'd like to contribute an article to this publication or the NCSC Review, a quarterly journal, please contact Lynn Kepford by email at lkepford@ncsc.info or by phone at 866.954.1414.


NCSC News is published bimonthly by the National Charter School Clearinghouse any opinions, findings, or conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NCSC, IIA, AIBT education group, or our sponsors.

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