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.
Not exact matches
Mike claims that he, as a
charter school
authorizer, looks for
multiple signs of poor performance before ordering a school of choice to be closed.
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.»
Responsibility for schools often falls to
multiple parties, including school districts,
charter school
authorizers, and state agencies, weakening accountability and making it difficult for leaders to address the challenges facing parents.
The presence of
multiple authorizers can strengthen a state's
charter school sector...
The nonpartisan National Association of
Charter School
Authorizers (NACSA) recommends states have
multiple authorizing panels.
Establish policies that allow
authorizers to approve high - performing
charter schools and networks to open
multiple schools over time.
Rep. Moffett's bill 103 allow
charters statewide but includes
multiple authorizers.
ONE CONTROVERSIAL ASPECT of Puerto Rico's proposed legislation is its language to allow
multiple charter school
authorizers.
«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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.