Not exact matches
Replicating Great
Schools Developing a Green - Lighting Process; Developing a Leadership Pipeline; Solidifying Your
Model before Replicating; Lessons Learned from
Other Replications; Board Development; Overcoming Obstacles to
Replications; Governance Structure
for Successful
Replications
The board shall develop procedures and guidelines
for revocation and renewal of a
school's charter; provided, however, that a charter
for a Horace Mann charter
school shall not be renewed by the board without a majority vote of the
school committee and local collective bargaining unit in the district where said charter
school is located; provided, however, that a commonwealth charter shall not be renewed unless the board of trustees of the charter
school has documented in a manner approved by the board that said commonwealth charter
school has provided
models for replication and best practices to the commissioner and to
other public
schools in the district where the charter
school is located.
(b) The purposes of establishing charter
schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities
for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting
schools within and outside their
school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle
for establishing
schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and
school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and
school administrators accountable
for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide
models for replication in
other public
schools.
[4], [5] Massachusetts state law codifies this purpose in G.L. c. 71, § 89, which, in part, states that charter
schools are to be established «to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education» and «to provide
models for replication in
other public
schools.»