In a new article for Education Next, Robin Lake, Trey Cobb, Roohi Sharma, and Alice Opalka of the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) study the factors holding
back charter growth in the Bay Area of San Francisco, where the recent slowdown in charter expansion mirrors the national trend.
Not exact matches
«The problem is not that there's a ceiling right now that's holding
back the
growth of
charter schools,» he continued.
«If you look
back over the past decade, I think
charter schools have absorbed half of the
growth in the number of students in Utah public schools.
With a new
charter -
backed majority on the board, there's lots of speculation about whether the district will accelerate the
growth of
charters in the years to come.
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Education Next has published an excerpt from that book that investigates «What's Holding
Back the
Growth of America's Top
Charter Schools?»
At the union's annual convention last week in Denver, where Eskelsen García was officially elected, some teachers said it's time for a leader who will play hardball with the feds and push
back against Education Secretary Arne Duncan's agenda, which includes evaluating teachers in part by student test scores and supporting the
growth of
charter schools, often staffed by non-union teachers.
The rapid
growth of
charter schools across California has created pockets of innovation and creativity that are finding their way
back into the larger public education system.»
Obama, Romney Have Similar Basic Views on Education Both candidates want test scores to be part of teacher evaluations, support extra pay for effective instructors and
back the
growth of
charter schools.
Now, with the
growth of
charter schools, the policy pendulum has started to swing
back toward decentralization of districts, giving both traditional public schools as well as public
charters more autonomy.
Cal State Fullerton education professor Marc Ecker said
charter school
growth has put the union's
back against the wall.
They are essentially networks of schools managed by a leadership team; this team provides shared academic, human capital,
back - office, operational, and financial services.49 These shared services can help alleviate some of the resource scarcity that stand - alone
charters often face by providing economies of scale; can create a «home office» to provide governance and management oversight, freeing up principals to serve as instructional leaders; and can enable rapid
growth through a network model.50
On Monday, hundreds of students
backed by the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and CTU gathered near Kelly High School and marched along California Avenue to protest
charter growth.