Held to a higher standard of
accountability than traditional public schools, but with the benefit of added autonomy that puts local school leaders and teachers in charge, Tennessee's public charter schools are empowered to create a challenging and focused learning environment for students, while giving parents even more direct and meaningful opportunities to participate in their children's education.
Still, Harmony is upheld by charter opponents as an example of how charters can choose not to operate in the public interest with less formal
accountability than traditional public schools.
Because public charter schools are subject to greater
accountability than traditional public schools.
Not exact matches
These academies receive more freedom
than traditional public schools in return for high levels of
accountability.
The holding hinged on this idea of control — despite the fact that these charters are subject to more
accountability than the state's
traditional public schools.
Massachusetts charter
schools appear to face more stringent
accountability requirements
than do
traditional public schools.
Founded more
than 25 years ago, they are operated independent of the
traditional school district but in addition to the being heldto the same
accountability standards as all
public schools, charter
schools have performance targets that they must meet in order to stay open.
Charter
schools are publicly funded, independently operated
schools that are allowed to operate with more autonomy
than traditional public schools in exchange for increased
accountability.
The proposed expansion of
school choice in Wisconsin comes at a time when President Barack Obama and Republicans are promoting charter
schools and teacher
accountability, while skeptics question whether choice programs have proven to be any more effective
than traditional public schools.
Charter
schools are unique
public schools granted some flexibility by the state to be responsive to students» needs and innovative in education, while meeting stricter
accountability than traditional ISDs, because charter
schools can be closed if there are academic and financial problems for three years running.
Abstract: Charter
schools are publicly funded
schools which, in exchange for expanded
accountability, receive more autonomy and experience fewer regulations
than traditional public schools.
School choice includes charter
schools, funded by
public money but given more flexibility and
accountability than traditional neighborhood
schools.
«Charter
schools absent
school board oversight have far less
accountability for student achievement
than traditional public schools,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA Executive Director.
In fact, like most charter
schools, even those in
public - private partnerships, receive on average 30 % less per pupil
than their
traditional school peers whose management has no
accountability or incentive to improve student outcomes.
Although state laws vary widely in terms of the policies governing charter
school oversight and
accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of
traditional district
schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],
schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more
than 6,700
schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],
schools around the country (National Alliance of
Public Charter
Schools [NAPCS],
Schools [NAPCS], 2015).
Two recent reports from the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) found that charter
schools enroll fewer students with disabilities
than traditional public schools and that more study is needed to determine the extent to which current laws protect students from bullying at
school.
A charter
school has more freedom
than a
traditional public school in return for a commitment to meet higher standards of
accountability (NACSA, 2006).
It is then incumbent upon the charter
school community to redouble our efforts to make sure that proper
accountability systems are in place which will ensure that charter
schools generate significantly higher levels of student learning
than has historically been available within the
traditional public education system.
Charter
schools tend to have more flexibility to employ alternative methods
than traditional public schools but with more
accountability than private
schools.