Creating More Routes To High-Quality Education

INCS created Charter Up! to encourage forward thinking and academic excellence. Charter Up! provides charter schools with the opportunity to showcase programs that impact their students and communities and have the potential to be applied in traditional public schools. Each charter school had the opportunity to submit an overview of programs that have helped produce outstanding academic achievements. Participants were encouraged to submit programs/ initiatives that demonstrated creativity or innovation in leadership development, governance, parental involvement, curriculum, enrichment programming and funding. An independent judging panel reviewed the entries and chose five honorees based on their creativity, innovation, impact on student achievement and representation of the overall charter school experience.

We are pleased to highlight the 2009 “Roadmap to Innovation” profiles, a portfolio of program models that are shared with teachers and school leaders at in-district schools as well as within the charter school network.

• Chicago Math and Science Academy - College Path Program
• Civitas Schools - Community Leadership Program
• Namaste Charter School - Peaceful People Tools Program
• Noble Network of Charter Schools - Curriculum and Assessment Program
• Youth Connection Charter School - Grow Your Own Teachers

To learn more about Roadmaps, and how to implement these programs in YOUR schools, visit INCS' website.