Florida charter schools have less
oversight than traditional district schools and private schools have zero accountability to local districts.
Florida charter schools have less
oversight than traditional district schools and private...
Not exact matches
But in a sector of public education with far less
oversight than traditional school districts, it's easy to see how a teacher could find herself fired and out of options.
This is the fifth time in as many months that state
oversight officials have taken some kind of disciplinary action against virtual
schools — which some research has shown perform markedly worse academically
than traditional district schools.
Although state laws vary widely in terms of the policies governing charter
school oversight and accountability, these publically funded institutions, which receive freedom from the rules and regulations of
traditional district schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more than 6,700 schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],
schools in exchange for meeting agreed - upon performance targets, now serve an estimated 2.9 million students in more
than 6,700
schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter Schools [NAPCS],
schools around the country (National Alliance of Public Charter
Schools [NAPCS],
Schools [NAPCS], 2015).
DeArmond, Jochim, and Lake (2014) looked at how the issue of governance affects both charters and
traditional public
schools in high - choice cities and found nearly eight agencies — including
school districts, charter authorizers, and other state and local entities — responsible for
oversight in the typical municipality, «making patchwork governance the norm, rather
than the exception» (p. 15).