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Category Archives: Charter Schools
Competition and Choice
Denver Public Schools’ recent decision to have different schools share buildings provoked fearful cries of “increased competition” among some neighborhood advocates. But these objections blur the important distinction between competition and choice. While unfettered competition could well have a negative … Continue reading
Pay to show…. up?
Down in Pueblo, there is controversy over Cesar Chavez charter school offering students$100 gift certificates to enroll. My gut reaction was very much in opposition, but on reflection it is harder for me to argue against it entirely. Here is the … Continue reading
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Charter school unionizes
An interesting article on a Charter school in Brighton, Massachusetts that is unionizing. What I find compelling about this development is the opportunity for the union (in this case the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts) to develop a model that works within the charter movement, … Continue reading
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Another approach to Charters and facilities
News of a school board moving beyond an initial adversarial approach to facilities and charter schools: The district sponsored few charters and refused to lease empty schools to them even as many of its buildings stood empty. Still, other city charter schools thrived. … Continue reading
Competition and choice in space sharing
Several of the recent articles on the DPS school-sharing proposal feature school representatives voicing their fear over increased “competition.” In doing so they further blur a complex line between competition and choice, which finds that choice (and the resulting specialization) … Continue reading
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The missing word…
Superintendent Michael Bennet discussing school choice in Monday’s Rocky Mountain News: “The strategy going forward is making sure many more of our schools, whether they’re neighborhood schools or magnet schools or elementary or secondary schools, are places people would rather send … Continue reading
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A charter school analogy
In an environment where both Presidential candidates have called for an expansion of the roles of Charter schools, and highly-visible and encouragingly successful school districts such as New York, New Orleans and Chicago have embraced Charters as part of their … Continue reading
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