Not exact matches
National Association of Charter
School Authorizers president Greg Richmond pointed out that
there are real, substantive disagreements over how to understand the civic mission of
schooling.
The bad news is
there aren't any
authorizers I could find that are using measures of non-cognitive skills or social and emotional learning for their entire portfolio of
schools.
And
there are steps that charter operators,
authorizers, and city - based organizations can take right now to make sure that charter
schools have effective teachers in all classrooms to start the
school year.
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.
Authorizers stand behind creating better public
schools in a challenging system, a better education for all kids, and a better way to get
there.
It focuses on the ends that
authorizers should aim to attain in creating and upholding high expectations for the
schools they charter while recognizing
there are many means of getting
there.
Reville said that an example of tight control in Massachusetts was that
there aren't multiple authorizes of charter
schools, just a single
authorizer with «very clear standards and procedures.»
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.
If
there is a bias toward CMO charters as the «
school of choice» among
authorizers, why might that be, and what would it mean for single sites?
There is a distinction between districts» roles as
school authorizers and service - providers.
First,
there aren't that many of them — only nine operate in more than one state, said Greg Richmond, president and CEO of the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers.
«I don't think
there's any major benefit to the Sequim
school board being an
authorizer right now.»
Charter
schools are already held to high standards by their
authorizers, and if they do not perform on task,
there are very real consequences.
There are many different charter
authorizers, none of which is accountable for ensuring that each
school is performing or that the market of options is functioning for families.
Since the passage of NCLB,
there has been much speculation in the charter
school community generally, and among
authorizers specifically, on how the provisions of this federal law will affect how
authorizers...
There's a group called Gem Prep that is opening a
school in Nampa and the superintendent of the district is going to be the
authorizer.
Otherwise,
there is very little specifically on the difference between intervention activities in charters versus traditional
schools, and almost no states are incorporating
authorizer accountability measures into their plans.
M. Karega Rausch, the vice president for research and evaluation at the National Association of Charter
School Authorizers, said he thinks
there has been an increase in the number of charter
schools that are «intentionally trying to pursue diversity.»
There is a clear focus on making sure as they expand options they do so in a way that focuses on quality
authorizers and
schools.
In New Orleans,
there are three
authorizers: the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), the Recovery
School District (RSD) and the Orleans Parish
School Board (OPSB).
If we're going to have multiple
authorizers, we have to impose standards to ensure that they do a good job, because without those standards
there is really no incentive for them to ensure that these
schools are operating in an acceptable manner.
The more coordination
there is between
authorizers, charter
schools, and other government agencies the easier this is to achieve (and the less duplication
there is for all parties).
The charter did, however, win a concession in the budget that allows
schools to switch
authorizers, although
there remains little consensus about what the law actually means for charters.
There are now more than a thousand charter
school authorizers in the United States — 1,045 to be exact, according to the brand - new State of Charter School Authorizing 2013 (which in NACSA... Rea
school authorizers in the United States — 1,045 to be exact, according to the brand - new State of Charter
School Authorizing 2013 (which in NACSA... Rea
School Authorizing 2013 (which in NACSA... Read More
In Washington,
there is a statewide
authorizer, the Washington State Charter
School...
In Washington,
there is a statewide
authorizer, the Washington State Charter
School Commission.