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A charter management organization (CMO) is an educational organization that operates charter schools in the United States. Charter schools are public schools that operate independently of the local government school district. A CMO contracts with a charter school to provide a specific service or set of services.
Joshua Lederberg, founder of the Stanford Department of Genetics, co-recipient of 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Michael Levitt, professor in medical school, 2013 Nobel prize winner in chemistry; Kate Lorig, chronic disease self-management, patient education, director of the Stanford Patient Education Center
For undergraduates, Maryland residents constituted 93% of enrollees at community colleges, 76.5% at public four-year institutions, and 54.4% at independent universities and colleges. [5] Universities and colleges in Maryland with regional accreditation are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. [6]
One authority on schools, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes makes no distinction between terms. In its recent reports it describes CMO -- non-profit and CMO -- for-profit. [3]: 2 The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools makes a clear distinction. CMOs are non-profit; EMOs are for-profit. [4]
The Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP), to train teachers, was established in 1959. [4] The STEP program offers two tracks, elementary or secondary. Both are one-year programs including both academic course work and teaching in actual classrooms, and both lead to a Stanford MA degree and a California teaching credential. [5]
In 2009, the Maryland state public schools system was ranked #1 in the nation overall as a result of three separate, independent studies conducted by publications Education Week, Newsweek, and MGT of America. [13] [14] [15] "Education Week" has ranked Maryland public education #1 in the nation for two years in a row, since 2008.
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The school, along with seven others, is a professional development school partner with the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP), which prepares teachers for high-needs schools. Darling-Hammond led the redesign of the STEP program for this new program, and its successes have been acknowledged through recognition in several studies as one of ...