They're terribly inefficient; they come at the expense of children; and they fly in the
face of the charter school movement's supposed commitment to autonomy and accountability.
As public education continues to adjust to economic and competitive realities, our organization remains steadfast in our
support of the charter school movement in this country; just as we are also proud of the work we do with our district school partners.
Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Bruno Manno have an article that takes stock
of the charter school movement as a whole on its 25th anniversary, reviewing «ts progress and the challenges that lie ahead, what we've done right as well as where we've gone astray, and what lessons can be distilled that may be beneficial going forward.»
Whether it is «no - excuses» schools sucking up
most of the charter school movement's oxygen (and funding, and cap space) or the rush to adopt new classroom technologies before teachers are ready (or want) to use them, reformers often get ahead of themselves in their quest for scale.
It puts the
future of the charter school movement in California at great risk by undermining the unique ability of charters to operate as schools of choice delivering high quality learning for all students,» said Jed Wallace, president and CEO, California Charter Schools Association.
Last year as de Blasio pressed for pre-k funding and sought to stop charter schools from being co-located with district schools, Cuomo rallied with charter school advocates and even indicated that mayoral control might stand in the
way of the charter school movement.