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Fall 2004

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 20, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2004 | Education

Can Charter Schools Improve Financial and Economic Education? The Case of Milwaukee Urban League Academy of Business and Economics

Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Eric Hagedorn, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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CanCharterSchoolsImproveFinancialandEconomicEducation?TheCaseoftheMilwaukeeUrbanLeagueAcademyofBusinessandEconomicsMarkC.SchugUniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeEricA.HagedornUniversityofTexasatElPasoThispaperdescribesaninnercitycharterschoolCtheMilwaukeeUrbanLeagueAcademyofBusinessandEconomicsCthatspecializesinabusinessandeconomicscurriculum.Wepresentanoverviewofcharterschoolsandsummarizesomeoftheresearchontheireffectiveness.Wethendescribethespecialcurriculuminonecharterschoolandpresentanevaluationofthesecondyearoftheefforttoimplementthecurriculum.Whatisacharterschool?Charterschoolsareaspecialsortofpublicschool.Charterschoolsarepublicschoolsthatareexemptfromseveraloftheregulationsappliedtootherpublicschools.Charterschoolsoperateonthebasisofacontractapprovedbetweentheschooloperatorandthestatecharterauthorizer.Charterschoolsarebecomingapopularmarket-basededucationalreform.AccordingtotheCenterforEducationReform,thereare2,695charterschoolsnationally.Wisconsinhas128charterschools.Charterschoolscomeinallshapesandsizes.Mosthaveaspecialmissionofsomekind.Amongthemoreprominentmissionsarealternativeeducation,coreknowledge,science,technology,atrisk,arts,directinstruction,leadership,andcareers.Whilecharterschoolsarefreedfrommanyoftherulesofregularpublicschools,theyfacemanyissuesthatcouldhampertheirsuccess.Charterschoolsareoftenstartups.Abuildingmayneedtoberenovated.Decisionshavetobemaderegardinghiringteachersandadministrators,selectingbenefitspackages,settingupthepayroll,

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Title	Can Charter Schools Improve Financial and Economic Education? The Case of Milwaukee Urban League Academy of Business and Economics
Authors/Creators:	Mark C. Schug, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Eric Hagedorn, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Year:	2004
Volume:	20
Number:	1
Pages:	100 - 111
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Public education, Charter schools, Curriculum, Economic education, Business, Finance, Student performance, Learning

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Schug, Mark C.; Hagedorn, Eric / 2004. "Can Charter Schools Improve Financial and Economic Education? The Case of Milwaukee Urban League Academy of Business and Economics." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 20(1): 100-111.