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If Your School Needs Major Upgrading, What Actions are Needed?

Yes No	Explore the seven New American School designs to see if they would meet your local needs for upgrading or overhauling your school. Invite them to show you their approaches to better education or go visit their models.
Yes No	Explore other promising options for totally redesigning your schools.
Yes No	Provide parents the opportunity to choose among public schools.
Yes No	Learn about legal opportunities in your state and/or district for converting your school into a charter school.
Yes No	Invite successful charter school developers to share with you how they got organized and started.
Yes No	Consider making a more personalized education setting in your school by creating smaller units -- "family units," several charter schools, schools within a school, career academies.
Yes No	Learn about options for reconstituting your school, allowing your school to start over.

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