Also contributing to the jump in
affiliated charters between 2011 and 2013 was a 2011 decision by L.A. Unified to raise the minimum percentage of low - income students schools had to have to receive federal funds through the Title 1 program, going up from from 40 percent to 50 percent.
Not exact matches
«I think there are a lot of district - run schools out there that run perfectly well, but with just minor changes in the relationship
between the school and the district, they (
affiliated charters) can do things better.»
The differences
between «independent» and «
affiliated»
charters are clear in some ways, less so in others.
In our article Positioning
Charter Schools in Los Angeles: Diversity of Form and Homogeneity of Effects we examined the three most prominent types of
charters serving elementary grades
between 2002 and 2008: independent start - ups, independent conversions, and
affiliated conversions.
Although
charter schools that are not
affiliated with a management organization continue to operate the majority of
charters, that number fell from 74 percent to about 60 percent
between the 2007 — 08 and 2010 — 11 school years, while EMOs leveled off at 19 percent and CMOs grew from 10 percent to 19 percent during the same time period (NAPCS, n.d. - b).
Terrill is quick to draw sharp distinctions
between his school and the for - profit CSUSA -
affiliated school that opened nearby, Langtree
Charter Academy.