Not exact matches
Similarly, Osborne's swift critique of policies allowing
multiple charter
authorizers to operate in one area doesn't engage with the legitimate concern that a single -
authorizer environment can constrain school supply, homogenize offerings, and concentrate too much power in one government body.
Reville said that an example of tight control in Massachusetts was that there aren't
multiple authorizes of charter schools, just a single
authorizer with «very clear standards and procedures.»
Multiple authorizers may also weaken screening by giving charter schools the chance to find
authorizers who won't ask questions.
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.
«If each
authorizer is free to interpret a broad series of
multiple measures through its own lens, they would have enough discretion to make decisions that aren't strongly tied to data,» CCSA said in a statement.
The solution may
not be to get rid of
multiple authorizers, but limit who can actually be allowed to oversee charters as well as restrict districts from doing such work in the first place.