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.
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.
The presence
of multiple authorizers can strengthen a state's charter school sector...
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.
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.»
Multiple authorizers sponsor dozens
of schools, and CMSD has no obvious counterpart with which to engage and negotiate.
The nonpartisan National Association
of Charter School
Authorizers (NACSA) recommends states have
multiple authorizing panels.
If there are
multiple authorizers, there will be different standards
of oversight.
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.
«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.
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.