Sentences with phrase «functions as an authorizer»

The ASD functions as an authorizer for six schools in the city and operates an additional six Memphis schools as «achievement schools,» which are run as though they were a separate charter - management organization within the ASD.

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We need to support the emergence of more alpha authorizers, those who are independent of the K — 12 system and have the courage and tenacity to serve as change agents, market makers, and forces for quality, while reliably performing the core functions of authorizing mentioned above.

But getting charter law right is an obvious prerequisite for enabling the market to function as it should — a market, we now understand, that consists not just of schools and parents, but also of authorizers, support organizations, information providers, and more.

LEAs may lack the incentives to be active, high - quality authorizers, lack the capacity necessary to oversee charter schools, or view authorizing functions as a burden.38 39 They may also have a fundamentally different understanding of charter schooling.