For information on all Utah charter schools, regardless of the authorizer, or information
on other authorizers, see the Charter School page on the Utah State Board of Education website.
Not exact matches
But analysts,
authorizers, regulators, and
other policy makers also make mistakes, especially if they rely predominantly
on test results that are, at best, weak predictors of later - life success.
NACSA,
on the
other hand, «has helped our nation's charter school
authorizers improve how they do their jobs for over 15 years.»
The report's findings
on other types of
authorizers are really quite interesting.
The study outlines PCSB's authorizing strategies and tactics that policymakers,
other authorizers and traditional school districts can adopt, adapt and build
on in order to strengthen their practices.
That said,
authorizers have
other avenues for ensuring representativeness of the community and responsiveness to the community's needs that do not infringe
on charter autonomy.
Our report Going Exponential offers advice for
authorizers, school operators, and policymakers about growing successful charter schools, based
on research about how organizations have grown quickly and with quality in
other sectors.
The most prevalent type of
authorizer nationwide is the school district, though a variety of
other entities have authority to play that role, depending
on the state, from universities to mayor's offices and state education agencies.
CCSA is a trusted source of data and information
on California's charter schools for parents,
authorizers, legislators, the press and
other interested groups.
The process involved document reviews, artifact reviews, multi-day
on - site visits, interviews with authorizing institution members, and interviews with
other key stakeholders in the
authorizer's context (e.g., charter associations, school leaders).
Unlike
other areas of authorizing practice,
authorizers are very hands
on (sometimes quite intensively) in the pre-opening process, including directing schools
on areas for change, collaborating with school support organizations, providing explicit informational and step - by - step resources for schools, and advocating
on behalf of schools when necessary.
A charter school is a tuition free public school created
on the basis of a contract or «charter» between the school and a local school board or
other authorizer.
Proponents contend that caps help limit the growth of the sector, and thus control the overall quality of charter schools (by encouraging
authorizers to be more discerning in approving applications and more rigorous in closing low - performing schools).79
On the
other hand, opponents argue that charter school caps stifle the growth of high - quality schools and may deter high - performing operators from even applying to operate in the state.
Its mission is to focus public tax dollars
on the K - 12 education of public school students by opposing legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that would fund private school vouchers, expand private school tax credits, privatize charter schools by allowing private colleges and agencies to be
authorizers, put for - profit managers in place to take a profit from operating public schools and privatize public schools through any
other means.»