Charter Related News Stories for May 2007

Charter school using courts in attempt to reopen
(about Village School)
(no longer available online)
Star Tribune, May 30, 2007

Awakening the entrepreneurial spirit: Hire yourself!
(about Dunwoody Academy)
Insight News, May 29, 2007

Themed schools still a draw, but not all are magnets
(about magnet schools and charter schools)
(no longer available online)
Star Tribune, May 28, 2007

Dakota Academy's future in question
(about Dakota Academy)
This Week Online, May 25, 2007

Pay program to continue
(about STRIDE Academy and Q-comp)
St. Cloud Times, May 25, 2007

Neighborhood Elementary Charter School to Open at First Universalist Church
(about Emily O. Goodridge Grey Charter School)
Twin Cities Daily Planet, May 24, 2007

Meeting shows tension within academy board
(about Studio Academy)
(no longer available online)
Post Bulletin, Rochester, May 23, 2007

State denies Studio Academy expansion
(about Studio Academy)
(no longer available online)
Post Bulletin, Rochester, May 22, 2007

Boy, 6, dies in fall beneath school bus
(tragic news about Urban Academy student)
*Though this article was available online, out of respect for the family, MACS chose not to provide a link to this article due to the publication of the young boy's picture*
(no longer available online)
Pioneer Press, May 22, 2007

Trouble mounts at Dakota Academy
(about Dakota Academy)
(no longer available online)
Star Tribune, May 21, 2007

Instructor has designs on robotics team
(about Studio Academy)
(no longer available online)
Post Bulletin, May 21, 2007

Friends of Ascension Announces Charter Revocation
(about Soul Academy)
(no longer available online)
Business Wire, May 18, 2007

Budget bills come down to the wire
(about proposed charter cap)
(no longer available online)
Pioneer Press, May 17, 2007

Filling the prosperity pipeline with our students
(about Dunwoody Academy)
Insight News, May 14, 2007

Twin Cities charter school boosts reading scores for English language learners
(about Tarek Ibn Ziyad Academy)
MN Public Radio, May 13, 2007

Emily Dittrich is going places
(about RiverBend Academy student)
The Free Press, Mankato, May 10, 2007

Art spotlight: other high school arts programs
(about Twin Cities metro area art charter schools with performing arts programs)
(no longer available online)
Star Tribune, May 8, 2007

Art spotlight: Arts Center may house arts magnet, too
(reference to Terry Tofte, director of the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists)
(no longer available online)
Star Tribune, May 8, 2007

African Based Charter School On Track for Fall Opening
(about ELOM International School opening this fall)
Mshale, May 3, 2007

Somali play at SteppingStone Theatre tackles cultural collision
(about students from Higher Ground Academy)
Twin Cities Daily Planet, May 3, 2007

Baskets of Hope
(about New Heights Charter School Students)
Oakdale/Lake Elmo Review, May 2, 2007