This blog post originally appeared on the Education Innovating blog run by Education Evolving from 2010 to 2011. It has now been merged into our main blog.
Recently we commented on an interesting study by Charles Kerchner and Laura Mulfinger that provided keen insights into teacher-run schools.
In another post we highlighted an excerpt that showed how students at one school, operating as a student congress, decided that instead of banning cell phones in the school, they would allow phones but ban disruption.
Here is an excerpt, on teacher-run schools in Milwaukee—where charter schools remain part of the district, and teachers are members of the local union:
Here’s Kerchner’s study again:
Image: A project-learning matrix from SUPAR