Charter-ing success: basic, unwavering commitments to customers, employees and precise manufacturing processes keep one superior, wis.-based blown film manufacturer moving with full speed ahead.(CONVERTER PROFILE)(Cover story)(Company overview) Flexible Packaging (11/1/2009)
...film manufacturer Charter Films ought to...I think that's the wrong strategy...business and your people. When times are...qualities and that's been part of our...making sure that people saw the quality...warehouse floors at Charter's plant, those operators...

CHARTERS WEATHERING THE STORM ADMINISTRATORS CAN TRIM COSTS IN WAYS THAT ARE NOT POSSIBLE IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS Administrators can trim costs in ways that are not possible in traditional schools.(News) Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) (3/29/2009)
...of some 8,500 people and is dismantling...past 15 years, charter schools have sprouted...their students to charters. Funding for charter schools and regular...director of LAUSD's charter school division...How district and charter schools deal with...freedoms ... but ...

Charter School Closures Strand D.C. Students The Washington Post (8/17/2006)
...sponsored by the U.S. Department of...visited several charter schools on her...chose to go with charters because I trusted...D.C. Public Charter School Board decided...from last year's 58,000, partly...grade, but SAIL's oldest students...have found a new charter school ...

Eagan Charter Commission members are expected to be named today; The very need for the board is subject to debate - even among the applicants.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (1/17/2008)
...only metro-area suburb that's debating the merits of the home rule charter, a constitutional option that...metro area. The most successful charters develop when there's a general consensus that the...chairwoman of the Plymouth Charter Commission and former Plymouth...

CHARTER SCHOOL TO BE MULLED; PLAN DESIGNED TO AID THOSE WHO NEED EXTRA HELP.(News) Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) (12/12/1999)
...will consider a proposed charter school for at-risk youths...named for the church's pastor who is also Lancaster's vice mayor. ``We have...worked with the staff people. They gave us the nod...St. E. The meeting's time had yet to be set...

Charter schools; Clinton honors what Minnesota began.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (5/4/2000)
...should be proud of - charter schools. City Academy was the nation's first charter school...hundreds of young people a chance to further...passed the nation's first charter-school...themselves reenergized by charter schools. Such impacts...The president's visit will ...

Charter school group eyes 4 sites; More charters are available.(LOCAL NEWS) Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) (11/10/2007)
...Massachusetts Center for Charter Public School Excellence...build awareness that more charters are available and to...We're looking for people to step up in their communities...a spokeswoman for the charter school association...Tarvin, the center's executive director...association also is ...

Charter schools face uphill battle; Independent schools hurt by tight funding, study finds.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (2/11/1997)
...the Legislature." Charter schools are independent...under three-year charters, they are supposed...spelled out in their charters to stay open. Minnesota...new: St. Paul's City Academy, the nation's oldest charter school, is only in...

Charter school grows up: Popularity brings new pressures on CdA academy. Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) (1/30/2007)
...The Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy was one of the first charters in Idaho after the Legislature passed a charter law in 1998, and...school movement, it's gaining ground. New...blanket term that includes charters and magnet schools, and he's created a new area of...Nationally, the ...