The city of Denver, where 39 charter schools served nearly 14 percent of the city's public school students in 2012 — 13, offers an excellent example of how successful district - charter collaboration can support the growth of
a quality charter school sector.
Not exact matches
But over time, what we thought of as
quality authorizing has morphed into a sort of technocratic risk management for the
sector — a process whose own bias, one could argue, accelerated not the growth of
charter schools but the replication of one kind of
charter school with one specific sort of leader.
In fact, many of the
charter sector's
quality headaches stem from
school boards that abdicate their responsibilities as
charter school authorizers, a role they probably never wanted to play in the first place.
Evaluations led by Harvard's Tom Kane and MIT's Josh Angrist have used this lottery - based method to convince most skeptics that the impressive test - score performance of the Boston
charter sector reflects real differences in
school quality rather than the types of students
charter schools serve.
But while we're seeing truly great progress in supporting the
quality growth of the public
charter school sector, there's still a lot of work to be done here in Newark.
What they want to know is how to make their state's
charter sector work as well as possible — how to write a law in such a way that many high -
quality schools will result.
As the
charter school sector expands, it is necessary but not sufficient to study political and policy conditions, or the growth in the number of high
quality charter school seats.
On most matters,
charters and district
schools are equally varied, but we do see greater variation within the
charter sector in parents» satisfaction with
school location and teacher
quality.
But I would've preferred the report to point out that
school quality matters far more than
school operator, and while the CSO - model is a promising approach to the district
sector, it should be viewed in the context of a city's entire portfolio of
schools — CSO,
charter, and private.
Well - functioning
school choice requires a federal role in gathering and disseminating high -
quality data on
school performance; ensures that civil rights laws are enforced; distributes funds based on enrollment of high - need students in particular
schools; and supports a growing supply of
school options through an expanded, equitably funded
charter sector and through the unfettered growth of digital learning via application of the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.
In 2012, the legislature seemingly weakened its oversight of the
charter sector by eliminating a requirement that the state education agency report on
charter school quality each year.
Develop a strong core of high -
quality schools in the
charter sector by working with the best
charter authorizers to develop
quality benchmarks and close low - performing
charters in a targeted set of neighborhoods.
It seems clear, then, that if the
charter sector hopes to contribute to transformational numbers in high -
quality public
schools, the current CMO approach alone can't get it there.
Likewise, the 2015 CREDO report concluded that Detroit's
charter sector was one of only four urban
charter communities that «provide essential examples of
school - level and system - level commitments to
quality that can serve as models to other communities.»
I am the executive director of the DC Public
Charter School Board, and the story of our
sector in the nation's capital is mostly one of continued success, growth, popularity, and
quality improvement.
As a final matter, Smarick notes that there is a glaring lack of collaboration among high -
quality schools from the charter and private school sectors (though there are some exceptions, including initiatives undertaken by Schools That Can and the Philadelphia Schools Partne
schools from the
charter and private
school sectors (though there are some exceptions, including initiatives undertaken by
Schools That Can and the Philadelphia Schools Partne
Schools That Can and the Philadelphia
Schools Partne
Schools Partnership).
Regardless, Democrats have grown less positive about the
quality of education provided by
charter schools than they were five years ago, even as Republicans continue to stand by the
sector.
Through the Fellowship Program, graduate students who are committed to improving educational outcomes for students have the opportunity to directly impact the
quality of the
charter school sector.
How could cities see their
charter school sectors take off in
quality, matching or besting the performance of their district
schools, and the state?
Our results suggest that the
charter sector was initially characterized by
schools whose
quality was highly variable and, on average, less effective than traditional public
schools.
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.
So it's important for us to have a strong offensive line when it comes to talking about
charter schools and defining exactly what a high
quality charter school looks like [and] what we want the
sector to look like over the next twenty years.
We work with leaders at all types of
schools in every
sector — MPS, independent
charter, and private Choice — at every point along the path to high -
quality.
Quality authorizing can serve as a quality control check for the charter schools sector and provide lawmakers with the confidence that someone is watching the store and ensuring exce
Quality authorizing can serve as a
quality control check for the charter schools sector and provide lawmakers with the confidence that someone is watching the store and ensuring exce
quality control check for the
charter schools sector and provide lawmakers with the confidence that someone is watching the store and ensuring excellence.
«Amid a strong and growing
charter school sector, the Newark
school district has undergone significant changes to reverse course on a decades - long struggle to provide consistent
quality education to its children,» Startup: Education Executive Director Jen Holleran writes in the foreword.
And yet he has said that he supports a moratorium — a repeal, if you will — on the approval and expansion of public
charter schools, a
sector that affords families zoned for long - struggling traditional
schools the opportunity to have access to high -
quality public education.
The district needed a way to quickly improve
quality at district
schools and reduce costs to better compete with the growing
charter sector, she said.
These figures are consistent with the trend that has continued for over a decade: families are demanding
quality schools and Arizona's
charter sector is responding.
About NACSA: The National Association of
Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the
Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the n
School Authorizers (NACSA) is committed to advancing excellence and accountability in the
charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the
charter school sector and to increasing the number of high - quality charter schools across the n
school sector and to increasing the number of high -
quality charter schools across the
charter schools across the nation.
Education Cities» mission, carried forward locally by Minnesota Comeback, is to spread
school choice and facilitate the growth of
charter schools, under the guise of a «
sector neutral» preference for «High
Quality Seats.»
As to the results, Arizona's
charter sector leads the state in the percentage of
quality A and B rated
schools, with 55 percent of
charters receiving these top grades.
«The development of statewide
chartering commissions or boards where this is all they do is likely the best structure to ensure
quality within the
charter school sector,» said Greg Richmond, the president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Charter School Autho
charter school sector,» said Greg Richmond, the president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Charter School Author
school sector,» said Greg Richmond, the president and chief executive officer of the National Association of
Charter School Autho
Charter School Author
School Authorizers.
NACSA is to be commended for leading the effort to demand
quality in the
charter sector and pushing states and authorizers to adopt robust principles and standards and to close failing
schools.
The recommendations support four strategies to promote
quality in the
sector: differentiating
charter operators based on performance, building system capacity to cultivate and support high - performing
schools and networks, facilitating replication of high performers and accelerating closure of low performers.
She adds that the
charter sector «is working as it was intended: creating pressure on administrators to improve the
quality of their
schools.»
Research on
charter school quality finds significant variations in performance across the
sector.
«We know that closing low - performing
charter public
schools is one of the strongest tools available to ensure
quality in California's
charter school sector.»
We know that closing low - performing
charter schools is one of the strongest tools available to ensure
quality in California's
charter school sector.
Despite successful growth in numbers and
quality, the
charter sector faces future challenges public
charter schools will not meet these challenges by doing more of the same.
My sense is that the efforts to identify high - performing
schools, high -
quality schools regardless of what
sector they're in — public,
charter or private — identifying the characteristics of high - performing
schools regardless of
sector, and trying to replicate them.
At this meeting we will continue our focus on
charter advocacy and what TCSA is doing as an organization, including the addition of our 501c4 Charter Schools Now under the TCSA umbrella, along with the latest information on our CEO search, the most recent news from the charter sector and TEA, and an instructional and quality service
charter advocacy and what TCSA is doing as an organization, including the addition of our 501c4
Charter Schools Now under the TCSA umbrella, along with the latest information on our CEO search, the most recent news from the charter sector and TEA, and an instructional and quality service
Charter Schools Now under the TCSA umbrella, along with the latest information on our CEO search, the most recent news from the
charter sector and TEA, and an instructional and quality service
charter sector and TEA, and an instructional and
quality service update.
Authorizers can accelerate improvement in the overall
quality of the
charter sector by «restarting» low - performing
charter schools: that is, transitioning the
charter — and responsibility for governance and
school management — to a high - performing
charter school or network, while maintaining the existing population of students.
Karega Rausch, the interim CEO of the National Association of
Charter School Authorizers, told The Intercept that their group does not have a hard - and - fast rule, or even guiding data, on the number of authorizers a jurisdiction should have — but they have observed that the overall quality of a charter sector can be «diluted» in places with too many autho
Charter School Authorizers, told The Intercept that their group does not have a hard - and - fast rule, or even guiding data, on the number of authorizers a jurisdiction should have — but they have observed that the overall
quality of a
charter sector can be «diluted» in places with too many autho
charter sector can be «diluted» in places with too many authorizers.
The city of Nashville has experienced a boom in population growth in recent years, and a growing
sector of high
quality public
charter schools has followed suit.
Right now, the District has the best of both worlds: a vibrant
charter sector that offers a wide range of learning models from some of the best
school leaders and a strong, improving and growing DCPS that has responded to
charter competition by revitalizing its commitment to
quality.
Tuesday night's scene encapsulates so much about a fast - evolving relationship between the L.A. Unified staff, which reviews the
quality of bids to open new
charter schools; the district's
school board, which has the final say; and a
charter school sector with its sights set on a massive expansion.
OCI seeks to change the education policy conversation from one where labor, public,
charter, and independent
school sector leaders argue about which type of
school is best able to serve children, to one where parents choose the best
quality educational options for their child — no matter what form it comes in.
The
charter school model holds great promise for developing education innovations and improving the
quality of public education overall, but the current direction of the
charter school sector toward a few narrow approaches cuts short this potential.
In this era of a new administration in Washington that has espoused many viewpoints fundamentally at odds with the values held by the vast majority of Californians, we look forward to working with you to ensure that California's public
school system, including its vibrant
charter school sector, continues to ensure that absolutely all students regardless of immigration status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, class, faith, or disability may access high
quality public
school options.
The first choice of most parents is to send their child to a high -
quality neighborhood
school, but the rapid expansion of the
charter sector has undermined neighborhood
schools, drawing resources from them while at the same time expecting them to serve our most at - risk students.