1.   A proposed resolution to oppose voucher plans and charter schools provoked a spirited debate on the convention floor.

2.   At the same time, the report urges state lawmakers to require clearer performance and assessment plans from all charter schools.

3.   Charter schools embody concepts all public schools should have in the future.

4.   Open-enrollment charter schools draw students from across school district boundaries and are financed with state and local school dollars.

5.   With Republicans pushing school vouchers, he talked more about charter schools.

6.   Already, he has received permission to start two new charter schools on Long Island.

7.   Alternatively, it would be comforting to suppose that charter schools will multiply even without more determined backing from the president.

8.   Although McFarlin had attended a charter school for two years, he came to Willowridge with a growing basketball reputation.

9.   Although many charter schools grow out of parent or community groups, two of the newly approved schools are backed by financiers.

10.   Alumni founded the two highest-performing charter schools in the state, KIPP Academy and YES College Preparatory School.