And we even consider going back to the
original charter concept — allowing schools to negotiate their own unique performance expectations with their authorizers, rather than being held accountable to the One Best System's standards.
The charter concept is a promising one, but only if the charters commit to helping the kids who can't make it in regular public schools.
He wondered about the then - limited scope of
the charter concept.
The charter concept is based on deep commitment to quality and equity; schools of choice operating autonomously from traditional districts can serve as incubators of innovation and leverage market forces to ensure more students have access to exemplary public schools.
Yet, what is beyond dispute after 25 years is that
the charter concept has become part of the education mainstream and can no longer be considered as simply an experiment or pilot reform.
In collaboration with the DCSD, the founding board of Next organized a team to develop
a charter concept and draft a charter application to the NH State Board of Education during the fall of 2011.
On the genesis of
the charter concept, Mr. Kolderie said: «It was one of these cases where somebody not very well known came to something that went on to be quite influential, just on his own, thinking about it.»