Despite the success of charter schools, many questions linger about how charters can develop a more equitable funding mechanism, establish
better student performance outcomes, improve relationships with traditional schools, and overcome issues with No Child Left Behind.
Given the adversarial nature of the relationship, there was never any real possibility of teachers accepting joint responsibility
for student performance outcomes, as was the case with unions in northern Europe, where the relationship has never been hostile.
Photo: A.B. Hill Elementary School principal James Shaw (left) talks with Angela Whitelaw about strategies to improve teaching and
student performance outcomes at A.B. Hill.
Members, whom include legislators and education leaders across the state, must factor in teacher evaluation measures and
student performance outcomes.