Not exact matches
Moreover, some kinds of
school reform have no fixed protocol, and it is possible to imagine implementing vouchers,
charter schools, or programs like Comer's or Total Quality
Management schools in many
different ways.
For instance, a long discussion of
charter -
school results cites two of the important CREDO research reports but omits a crucial third one that shows hugely disparate impacts of
different types of
charter schools (with those operated by nonprofit
charter management organizations vastly outperforming «mom - and - pop» and other
charter sectors such as for - profit and online
charter schools).
State and federally driven mandates for curriculum, state testing, teacher certification, and fiscal
management are no
different for
charter schools than they are for any other public
school system.
Also, they can be run by
different organizations, with some organizations operating several
schools (see «What is a
charter management organization?»
If
charters are to provide lessons for traditional public
schools, those insights are less likely to transfer if labor —
management relations are radically
different in the two sectors.
Charter schools generally receive public funding but have their own
management and governance structure, so they're free to adopt
different disciplinary rules or other policies.
After several unsuccessful turnaround efforts and years of chronic low performance at Cameron Middle
School, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) decided to try something different to dramatically improve student outcomes: gradually convert operation of the school from the district to a charter management organiz
School, Metropolitan Nashville Public
Schools (MNPS) decided to try something
different to dramatically improve student outcomes: gradually convert operation of the
school from the district to a charter management organiz
school from the district to a
charter management organization.
The city's 90
charter schools are run by a host of education
management companies and organizations that report to
charter school boards and are overseen by 11
different colleges, universities, and
school districts.
In cases where the company lost the
charter but the
school remained open under
different management,
schools allege that it was «a very bad divorce.»
Each High Tech High pays Rosenstock's organization 8 % of its operating budget for a slew of services, including building
management, recordkeeping, payroll accounting, audits, technical support, teacher credentials, and compliance work (
charter schools are required to report to ten
different agencies).
Notably, the Race to the Top application does not typically distinguish between the strikingly
different management styles of the RSD's
charter and traditional
schools.