SUNY, a nationally recognized charter
school authorizer from NY state, is set to empower its schools the authority to certify their own teachers.
The Education Committee previously heard testimony in support of alternative charter
school authorizers from leaders of the Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools (FCPCS).
Not exact matches
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.
Chicago has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the nation's most thoughtful charter
school authorizers, but Mayor Richard M. Daley's high - profile push to expand on that foundation is fraught with challenges, a report
from the Washington - based Progressive Policy Institute contends.
The
authorizer can remove it
from the public system — meaning no more public funds; per Pierce, the
school has the right to stay open, but it must, as it had before, rely on its own streams of funding.
This article was adapted
from a speech given at the annual conference of the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers in Savannah, Georgia, in 2007.
Of all charter
schools closed by local
authorizers or their own boards, the vast majority had financial problems — meaning that they generally suffered
from a lack of parental demand.
These laissez - faire positions have netted them mediocre ratings
from organizations like the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers that favor a more - regulated approach to charter growth.
While the law gives ODE the power to prevent any ineffective
authorizer from approving new
schools, it may only close
authorizers with which it has contracts (13 out of nearly 70
authorizers statewide).
In particular, the study examines ratings derived
from criteria favored by the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers (NACSA) to see if they are predictive of test score growth or enrollment growth.
However, far
from a «Wild West» approach to charter oversight, his organization instead advocated for, and got, important accountability measures included in the law: mandatory closure for persistently low - performing charter
schools, A — F grading of
schools (both charter and public), and an end to so - called «
authorizer shopping,» in which failing
schools move to a new
authorizer after their existing one withdraws its support.
Beginning in January 2015, ODE will implement a sponsor ranking system, through which it can prevent an
authorizer from opening new
schools or revoke its authority to oversee community
schools altogether.
Too many policymakers and
authorizers find themselves unable to truly assess the performance of alternative
schools and distinguish, as the report notes, «AECs [that] likely save the lives of many students»
from those
schools that are «terrible warehouses that temporarily hold kids before putting them on the street.»
In the case of Partnership
Schools, the Archdiocese inked an agreement that shifted the Archdiocese role from being an operator of schools to being an authorizer of our n
Schools, the Archdiocese inked an agreement that shifted the Archdiocese role
from being an operator of
schools to being an authorizer of our n
schools to being an
authorizer of our network.
The biggest player in the campaign to close bad charters is Greg Richmond
from the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers.
Twenty groups hoping to run new charter
schools submitted 43 applications to a review committee, comprising a team
from the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers and local, state, and national representatives.
But they offer preliminary lessons
from which the authors drew recommendations for existing
school boards and
authorizers to make charter
school restart an effective and replicable strategy.
Although New York's Pre-K for All legislation gives the authority to monitor pre-K programs to charter
school authorizers, it also sets quality standards and monitoring requirements that differ
from authorizers» typical practices.
Charter laws vary
from state to state, but typically,
authorizers award
school charters to a governing board, not to a
school's founders or managers.
In short, the takeaway
from the charter literature seems to be that they are, on average, more effective than traditional public
schools in urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that
authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these
schools succeed or not.
Alumni
from the NACSA Leaders Program are equipped with the knowledge, skills and abilities to manage the challenges
authorizers face in aligning their agency's policies and practices with NACSA's Principles & Standards for Quality Charter
School Authorizing and advocate for policy that supports quality authorizing.
Charter
school publications include: Authorizer Shopping: Lessons from Experience and Ideas for the Future; Quality School Ratings: Trends in Evaluating School Academic Quality; Searching for Excellence: A Five - City, Cross-State Comparison of Charter School Quality; and New Orleans - Style Education Reform: A Guide for C
school publications include:
Authorizer Shopping: Lessons
from Experience and Ideas for the Future; Quality
School Ratings: Trends in Evaluating School Academic Quality; Searching for Excellence: A Five - City, Cross-State Comparison of Charter School Quality; and New Orleans - Style Education Reform: A Guide for C
School Ratings: Trends in Evaluating
School Academic Quality; Searching for Excellence: A Five - City, Cross-State Comparison of Charter School Quality; and New Orleans - Style Education Reform: A Guide for C
School Academic Quality; Searching for Excellence: A Five - City, Cross-State Comparison of Charter
School Quality; and New Orleans - Style Education Reform: A Guide for C
School Quality; and New Orleans - Style Education Reform: A Guide for Cities.
From 2010 - 2017, Sara served on the District of Columbia Public Charter
School Board, which authorizes charter
schools in Washington, D.C. Sara currently serves on the board of the National Association for Charter
School Authorizers (NACSA).
From an
authorizer perspective, so long as a
school does not have significantly negative test scores, perhaps the
school should be able to expand so long as there is parent demand.
NACSA is a professional membership organization that supports the work of charter
school authorizers, provide information and services to
authorizers across the country, and support
school system leaders interested in applying best practices
from charter
schools in their own systems.
Some believe the problem is one where the goal of these
schools is simply lost in the listening — or lack of it — and that the mom - and - pops could benefit
from the assistance of professionals who know how to communicate a good idea to
authorizers and philanthropists.
In Indianapolis,
authorizers including the mayor's office and the statewide Indiana Charter
Schools Board have prioritized scaling up schools that have been successful in Indianapolis and elsewhere, aided by funding from The Mind Trust's Charter School Inc
Schools Board have prioritized scaling up
schools that have been successful in Indianapolis and elsewhere, aided by funding from The Mind Trust's Charter School Inc
schools that have been successful in Indianapolis and elsewhere, aided by funding
from The Mind Trust's Charter
School Incubator.
The rating systems inventoried included some
from state departments of education, large public
school districts, charter associations and
authorizers, and private news and advocacy organizations.
The central problem with making growth the polestar of accountability systems, as Mike Petrilli and Aaron Churchill argue in «Stop Focusing on Proficiency Rates When Evaluating
Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady
Schools,» is that it is only convincing if one is rating
schools from the perspective of a charter authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady
schools from the perspective of a charter
authorizer or local superintendent who wants to know whether a given
school is boosting the achievement of its pupils, worsening their achievement, or holding it in some kind of steady state.
Charter
schools will be authorized through two different paths in Washington: through local
school boards that get permission
from the State Board of Education to be
authorizers and through the new statewide commission.
Whether a district becomes an
authorizer or not, charter
schools may open in their service area as early as fall 2014 and become the public
school for children who used to attend district
schools, taking dollars away
from those districts.
Mary Jean Ryan, a board member
from Seattle, said it will be challenging to oversee what could become a large system of
authorizers - if many
school boards apply - setting up only eight
schools a year.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard was within his authority as a charter
school authorizer to close The Project School, according to an e-mail from the school's l
school authorizer to close The Project
School, according to an e-mail from the school's l
School, according to an e-mail
from the
school's l
school's leader.
The organizations must win approval either
from a local
school board that applies to the state to become a charter
authorizer, or
from a recently appointed statewide charter commission.
«We anticipate that we'll be given the opportunity to remain a
school until we can apply for a charter
from a different
authorizer,» Daniel Baron, the
school's board president, told StateImpact in an interview Tuesday.
Charter
schools will be authorized through two different paths in Washington: local
school boards that get permission
from the State Board of Education to be
authorizers, and through the new statewide commission.
Biddle admits that like traditional public
schools, some public charter
schools suffer
from a lack of quality control and more attention should be paid to the role of charter
authorizers.
The report finds that a more transparent, accountable, and fair system will require action
from all parties, including
school districts, charter
authorizers, charter operators, and states.
In a new report
from the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers (NACSA), Mississippi received 26 out of a possible 33 points for authorizer quality and school accountab
School Authorizers (NACSA), Mississippi received 26 out of a possible 33 points for
authorizer quality and
school accountab
school accountability.
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.
In order for a local
school board to become an
authorizer, the board must have approval
from the state board of education.
The National Association of Charter
School Authorizers (NACSA) issued the challenge as its new membership survey shows the closure rate for charters in renewal has doubled
from year to year but is still leaving far too many
schools among the lowest performers, according to state accountability data.
«More
authorizers around the country are asking their charter networks and
schools: what is it about your
school that prevents you
from posting results like Success's?»
Only when a charter
school meets one of the four measures of success or successfully receives a positive determination of academic eligibility
from the State Board of Education may an
authorizer consider renewing the charter
school.
This is why we have sponsored legislation in the past and are sponsoring legislation again this year that would provide the clarity that
schools and
authorizers need and would help prevent situations like this
from recurring.
With support
from the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers and the National Alliance for Public Charter
Schools, we have drafted and continue to produce white papers and guidance documents addressing key policy and practical concerns that impact the success of students with disabilities in charter s
Schools, we have drafted and continue to produce white papers and guidance documents addressing key policy and practical concerns that impact the success of students with disabilities in charter
schoolsschools.
The National Alliance for Public Charter
Schools pulled together a varied group of seasoned educators,
authorizers, attorneys and other stakeholders
from across the country to share best practices and experiences.
This year Governor Kasich signed a bill to close a legal loophole that allowed low - performing charter
schools to hop
from one
authorizer to another, rather than closing down like the policy intended.
That is, after all, the basic bargain of charter
schools: The privately run, but publicly funded entities are given freedom
from some state regulations in exchange for stronger accountability; in other words, they can be closed down by their
authorizer.
If the
school board fully moves away
from managing
schools, it would even allow for greater
school choice to be fostered; the
school board would take on the role of charter
school authorizers, bringing in high - quality charter operators into the county and offering greater choice.