2010

PAGE 17 Throughout the year, various WHYit matters
members of the Center’s team
e have been invited to present
before state and national
ence, innovation and performance. conferences, inducted into
the National Charter Schools
Hall of Fame, participated Kids. 30881, STUDENTS
on charter application review
panels, led education-related Since we authorized our first charter school in 1994, we have worked to build ENROLLED IN ALL SCHOOLS
organizations and called a diverse and dynamic public education marketplace that fosters academic
on to testify before state excellence for all children. CHARTERED BY CMU
legislative committees and
the U.S. Congress. By providing high quality educational options we are helping today’s students 111,078 s t ud en t s
grow into tomorrow’s leaders.
Our unique approach to MICHIGANE N R O L L E D I N A L L
authorizing charter schools
has twice led the U.S. CHARTER SCHOOLS
Department of Education to
call our practices ‘innovative’ 1,618,614
and the Michigan Department
of Education to call us the STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ALL
‘gold standard’ for MICHIGAN SCHOOLS
authorizers in Michigan.
61M O R E T H A N
This year we developed and
launched My Goal, the most MILLION
promising leading edge
student growth assessment SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN IN THE
methodology in the nation. My
Goal empowers students and UNITED STATES
teachers with the data they
need to set clear academic
targets and to know if the
students are on track to
achieve the ACT score they’ll
need in eleventh grade to
compete in college, work
and life.

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AUTHORIZERS MATTER A LOT TO THAT PROCESS
[OF CREATING QUALITY SCHOOLS] AND THIS IS A
PLACE WHERE MICHIGAN IS WELL POSITIONED.
I THINK THAT, IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION,
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY AND THE WORK
THAT THEY ARE DOING COMES UP AGAIN AND AGAIN
AS A NATIONAL MODEL OF HOW CHARTER SCHOOL
AUTHORIZERS SHOULD OPERATE.

ANDREW ROTHERHAM
Co-founder and Partner// Bellwether Education Partners

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Schools as diverse as the students they serve. Each school is unique in its
mission and the student
population it serves. This
diversity provides the
Center the ability to
observe what practices
work best in different
areas, and among different
student populations,
enabling the Center to
discern what works, what
doesn’t, and how to
replicate the best practices.

The Center for Charter Schools
MOUNT PLEASANT
Midland Academy of Advanced
Renaissance Public School Academy and Creative Studies
MIDLAND
MOUNT PLEASANT

Morey Public School Academy North Saginaw Charter Academy
SAGINAW
Academy of Flint
West Michigan Academy of SHEPHERD Center Academy

Environmental Science International Academy of Flint
WALKER
Threshold Academy Linden Charter Academy The Center for Charter Schools
Walden Green Montessori FLINT TROY
New Branches School ORLEANS
FERRYSBURG Macomb Academy
GRAND RAPIDS Capital Area Academy CLINTON TOWNSHIP

Cole Academy Woodland Park Academy
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Academy GRAND BLANC

Eagle Crest Charter Academy Mid-Michigan Leadership Academy Holly Academy Eaton Academy

HOLLAND LANSING H O L LY EASTPOINTE

Cross Creek Charter Academy Charyl Stockwell Academy Global Preparatory Academy
BYRON CENTER Kensington Woods High School
The Center for Charter Schools WARREN
HOWELL
ACE Academy
LANSING HIGHLAND PARK
Academy of Lathrup Village
L ATHRUP VILL AGE
Island City Academy Academy of Westland Detroit Leadership Academy
Flagship Charter Academy
EATON RAPIDS WESTLAND Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse of Detroit
Old Redford Academy
Countryside Academy The da Vinci Institute Plymouth Educational Center Charter School
JACKSON Woodward Academy
BENTON HARBOR
Canton Charter Academy
CANTON DETROIT
Pansophia Academy
C O L D WAT E R Central Academy Dr. Charles Drew Academy
ANN ARBOR

New Beginnings Academy ECORSE
South Arbor Charter Academy
Riverside Academy
YPSILANTI The Dearborn Academy
West Village Academy
DEARBORN
Summit Academy
A.G.B.U. Alex and Marie Manoogian School FL AT ROCK
Academy of Detroit West
Academy of Southfield Summit Academy North Michigan Technical Academy
Taylor International Academy
SOUTHFIELD HURON TOWNSHIP REDFORD

Quest Charter Academy
Trillium Academy
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CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to
increase diversity within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo).