Abstract
This study focuses on the creation of a charter school and public school partnership in Pennsylvania. Developing a partnership between a charter school and public district requires careful planning and specialized legal assistance. Successful partnerships can result in significant benefits to the charter school and public school district in the partnership.
This study documents in detail the creation and operation of the Beaver Area Academic Charter School, the development of the partnership with Beaver Area School District and the innovative instructional programs that have been created as a result of this partnership. Additionally the study documents the financial benefits and the opportunities to share and consolidate services.
The implications of this study for other educators in Pennsylvania can be divided into two themes: (1) Guidelines for those planning to create a charter school partnership with a public school district; and (2) benefits, possibilities and consequences of charter school and public school partnerships operating in Pennsylvania.
As the primary founder of the Beaver Area Academic Charter School and as the principal researcher in this study, this dissertation is a documentation of my own learning in this about charter school and school district partnerships. It is my hope that other educators in Pennsylvania can create such partnerships to enhance the academic achievement of students. this study provide guidelines to creating successful public school partnerships.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-10172006-100853 |
| Date | 29 January 2007 |
| Creators | White, Brian John |
| Contributors | Mr. Joe Werlinich, Dr. Maureen McClure, Dr. Sean hughes, Dr. Betty Sue Schaughency |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-10172006-100853/ |
| Rights | unrestricted, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to University of Pittsburgh or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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