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The sixth video short in NACSA's Authorizer Voices series shares how authorizers protect both access to charter schools and school autonomy, with a look at Washington, D.C.'s Public Charter School Board and discipline.

Check out this video of Lauren Morando Rhim and others discussing how authorizers ensure access to charter schools for students with unique needs.

Since the passage of NCLB, there has been much speculation in the charter school community generally, and among authorizers specifically, on how the provisions of this federal law will affect how authorizers...

For that reason, I was very glad to see NACSA surveying and publishing information about how authorizers oversee special education.

This article focuses on how authorizers handle the oversight processes of charter schools in California.

Not exact matches

The NACSA report on state policies associated with charter school accountability attempts to describe how laws, regulations, and authorizer practices interact to influence charter quality.

Alpha authorizers can show the way by having the courage to tackle the politics associated with closing underperforming schools and knowing how to document the facts in order to prevail in the court of law and public opinion.

That question — how to make sure that charter school authorizers hold up their end of the accountability bargain — is arising a lot lately as examples of failed charter schools proliferate.

National Association of Charter School Authorizers president Greg Richmond pointed out that there are real, substantive disagreements over how to understand the civic mission of schooling.

NACSA, on the other hand, «has helped our nation's charter school authorizers improve how they do their jobs for over 15 years.»

In part, that's because authorizers, bankers, and donors are paying increasing attention to how well the schools are governed.

Charter authorizers, depending on how they are structured, can provide a level of democratic input.

How about Chicago's district — the only charter authorizer for the nation's third - largest city — which recently declared that buildings no longer needed by the district are off - limits to charters for 40 years.)

So, he asks «whether regulators are any good at identifying which schools will contribute to test score gains» and then says this: «The bottom line is that none of the factors used by authorizers to open or renew charter schools in New Orleans were predictive of how much test score growth these schools could produce later on.»

Here's a map from the new NACSA @qualitycharters report on state charter authorizers showing how many authorizers each state has.

The Standards identify core authorizer responsibilities and describe how the principles are upheld within each responsibility.

The case study is an important contribution to a relatively new field, examining how one successful charter authorizer is advancing student achievement and increasing the number of high - quality charter seats available.

«This is the question of the future in the charter school world — how each city will manage growth,» said Greg Richmond, president of National Association of Charter School Authorizers.

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Some believe the problem is one where the goal of these schools is simply lost in the listening — or lack of it — and that the mom - and - pops could benefit from the assistance of professionals who know how to communicate a good idea to authorizers and philanthropists.

RH: How do you think about the relationship with Greg Richmond and the National Association of Charter School Authorizers?

I've seen how painful this process can be, both as a charter authorizer who closed schools and a board member of a school that had to close.

Our report Going Exponential offers advice for authorizers, school operators, and policymakers about growing successful charter schools, based on research about how organizations have grown quickly and with quality in other sectors.

NR: We currently don't have a formal relationship, and part of what I'm going to do over the next ninety days is to see if we can come up with informal ways of working more closely with groups like NACSA, especially since the discussion around quality is so focused on what authorizers are doing and how quickly they're shutting down poorly performing schools... Of course, it's very difficult to shut down a school that has a following, but I don't think our sector has done a very good job of explaining to families what a good, high quality school looks like and why it's so important to not tolerate poor performance.

Authorizers play a powerful role in supporting proposed new charter schools by requiring applicants to articulate how they will support all students — students with IEPs in particular.

As an authorizer, the district would have power of approval and input over a charter school application and could determine how it would fit into the district's education goals.

A non - profit charter school authorizer in Minnesota called Innovative Quality Schools (see https://iqsmn.org) provides a good example of how this kind of school district could operate.

It will have five more sections of rules to discuss eventually, including details about how the board will oversee the authorizers.

These issues will ultimately impact a diverse array of authorizer responsibilities including the appropriate selection and use of annual assessments, school compliance with parental notification provisions, and how charter schools demonstrate they are using Title I funds appropriately.

Education Week: New Evidence on How Charter Authorizers Can Build Better Schools http://bit.ly/2cCxAfh

Lenders should know how state laws and authorizer practices hold charter schools accountable; look at every pertinent public record including intervention and probation notices; and ask their own tough questions about trends in academic performance and evidence of fiscal stewardship.

Last spring, Jessica Calefati of the Bay Area's Mercury News did an excellent, in - depth series on K12 — explaining how the connected nonprofits produce dismal results for students but big profits for K12 and the authorizers.

This brief for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers explores how and why authorizer hopping happens and offers recommendations to stop it.

Supporting Dr. Noguera's view of authorizing, even when he made decisions that didn't sit well with charter school opponents, would keep an ally who knows how to toe the line in the authorizer's chair.

While the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools (LAPCS) is disappointed that the school was not successful, this is a significant opportunity for charters schools and their authorizers alike to recognize how important it is to implement clear and agreed upon performance standards.

This guidance provides valuable information and suggestions to assist schools, state and local education agencies, authorizers of charter schools, parents, and other stakeholders in understanding how federal laws function to provide protections for students with disabilities in order to ensure they receive a quality education free from discrimination.

«Authorizer Spotlight: How Philadelphia Put Annual Reports into Practice» provides an in - depth look at the process the Charter School Office of the School District of Philadelphia went through to implement annual reporting...

Education Research Alliance for New Orleans: New Report Released: «The Ultimate Choice: How Charter Authorizers Approve and Renew Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans» http://bit.ly/2cEvz0z

From the initial charter school application, authorizers must be cognizant of how CMO and EMO - operated schools differ from traditional charter schools and how they differ from each other.

This class is best suited for those that are at the very beginning of the charter school journey and want to better understand the charter landscape, process and timeline, authorizer expectations, and how to build a strong team.

DeArmond, Jochim, and Lake (2014) looked at how the issue of governance affects both charters and traditional public schools in high - choice cities and found nearly eight agencies — including school districts, charter authorizers, and other state and local entities — responsible for oversight in the typical municipality, «making patchwork governance the norm, rather than the exception» (p. 15).

Nearly a third of charter authorizers have not established clear revocation criteria; fewer than half have the kinds of strong, independent review panels the association recommends; and about only half issue annual reports that show the schools how they are doing.

One suggestion is that charter school authorizers require that in addition to academic qualifications, charter - school applicants show how «the school will broaden, not replicate, existing opportunities for struggling populations.»