It provides outlets for teachers and parents who are unhappy
with existing district schools, and it forces district schools to improve their outreach, provide popular curricular options, and, in some cases, change leadership.
Innovation Network Schools are public schools made possible by recent state laws giving IPS and other districts the authority to
convert existing district schools into autonomous schools that are exempt from many IPS administrative practices and state regulations.
Innovation Schools are public schools made possible by recent state laws allowing school districts to convert
existing district schools into new, autonomous schools exempt from many district and state practices and regulations.
Besides offering choice in education, charter schools can help relieve some of the overcrowding
in existing district schools without placing undue burdens on taxpayers.
After the Department of Education's Panel for Educational Policy made the rare move of rejecting a co-location proposal that would have sited a new Success school with
an existing district school, Moskowitz released a statement accusing de Blasio of being unable to influence P.E.P. members.
As a result,
the existing district school is woven tightly into the community's fabric.
Still, the administration turned down a national charter network founded in Las Vegas that faced questions about its operations elsewhere, and also rejected a proposal for what would have been the first conversion of
an existing district school to a charter.
The Urban Hope Act is just a small piece of what the Christie administration seeks to accomplish in Camden, with the work on
the existing district schools a major challenge given the state's track record.
If you operate
an existing District school with a strong record of achievement and would like to open an additional campus, the school replication process is for you.