The phrase
"multiple authorizers" refers to having more than one person or entity with the power to approve or grant permission for something. It means that there are multiple individuals or organizations who can authorize and give the go-ahead for a particular action, decision, or process.
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Furthermore, a study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes found «a significant negative impact on student academic growth» for charters in states that
allow multiple authorizers for charter schools.
Allow multiple authorizers [linked to explanation] for charter schools to help increase the supply of these schools.
«It's good to have
multiple authorizers not only because it allows different types of support for charter schools, but also because different authorizers have different standards of when they'd close a charter school,» says Berends.
CREDO suggested that this finding might be due to the possibility that
multiple authorizers gave charter schools the chance to shop around to find authorizers who wouldn't provide rigorous oversight.
For example, school choice groups such as the Center for Education Reform
tout multiple authorizers as a key to expanding the number of charters serving communities and a way to get around traditional districts who want to kibosh choice.
Preston Green of the University of Connecticut
says multiple authorizers and a lack of oversight is creating a «bubble» of poor performing charter schools in urban communities.
The result is what we describe as a policy «bubble,» where the combination
of multiple authorizers and a lack of oversight can end up creating an abundance of poor performing schools in particular communities.
Supporters of charter schools are using their popularity in Black, urban communities to push for states to remove their charter cap restrictions and to
allow multiple authorizers.
If there are
multiple authorizers, multiple and independent schools, and the revenue and policies of those schools are determined more by parents than bureaucrats, the unions and their allies can't control all of it.
Rather than building centralized machinery for controlling all schools of choice, like the Portfolio Manager in New Orleans, which can be captured by forces hostile to school choice, Arizona has
multiple authorizers and light regulation.
«
Multiple authorizers» refers to situations where more than one entity is able to authorize charter schools in any given community.
They demanded strong neighborhood schools and better accountability for charters and
their multiple authorizers.
If there are
multiple authorizers, there will be different standards of oversight.
«Strong charter laws feature independent,
multiple authorizers, few limits on expansion, equitable funding, and high levels of school autonomy,» said Alison Consoletti Zgainer, CER Executive Vice President and the report's lead editor.
Supporters of charter school expansion believe that
multiple authorizers will issue more charters, in part, because they are less hostile to charter schools than school districts.
Multiple authorizers may also weaken screening by giving charter schools the chance to find authorizers who won't ask questions.
However, our research suggests another reason that
multiple authorizers result in more charter schools: multiple authorizers are like mortgage originators with no skin in the game.
If we're going to have
multiple authorizers, we have to impose standards to ensure that they do a good job, because without those standards there is really no incentive for them to ensure that these schools are operating in an acceptable manner.