The Center For Charter Schools at Central Michigan University

Charter public schools began as a promise that:

• Providing all parents with a choice as to which school their child will attend will transform public education.
• Competition created by a diverse, dynamic educational marketplace will drive all schools to improve.
• Schools will be held accountable to high standards that citizens demand of public schools and students deserve.

Central Michigan University embraced this promise in 1994, becoming the first university in the nation to authorize a charter public school. Throughout its history of leadership, CMU has been pioneering new initiatives that improve educational options for all and set high standards for school accountability and oversight.

This is a sign that the promise is being kept and that the charter strategy for improving public education is working. Learn more about CMU’s impact by clicking here.

NEW - The Board Development Series

The Center for Charter Schools is offering opportunities for charter public school board members to strengthen their governance capacity while fulfilling their development requirement through the "Board Development Series."
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2007 MDE Public School Academies Report

MDE: Serving a predominantly urban and a high at-risk population, Michigan's charter schools are making real progress in closing the achievement gap and helping our state's neediest students excel.
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Goenner elected chair of NACSA

Goenner elected chair of NACSA
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NEW - CMU Accepting Charter Applications

The Phase I application window will be held open through August 15, 2008.
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MAPSA's Teacher of the Year from CMU School

Amy Straus, a 5th-grade teacher whose lessons become hands-on projects teaching multiple subjects, will be recognized Nov. 2 as Michigan's Charter School Teacher of the Year.
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