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New Mexico Charter School Power Struggle
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by Meredith Machen
This is an updated post of the struggle between the Public Education Commission (PEC) and the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) over proper supervision of charter schools. The PED is not responding to State auditors’ requests for information following a federal investigation of charters there. Continue reading
Kentucky Considers Adopting Charter Schools
Kentucky offers us a peek into the process of drafting bills to enable charter schools. 
It also helps us understand what is meant by granting greater flexibility to charter schools. The Pritchard Committee report has side-by-side comparisons of which traditional public schools regulations would change for charters.
Options drawn from other states are presented but not an analysis of the pros and cons for each approach. For example, is it better to have fewer rather than more authorizers? Are reports of charter vs. traditional public school achievement gains valid? We offer some sources that can enhance the understanding of these issues.Continue reading
Profit Trumps Public Interest?
The National Council of State Legislatures should be commended for bringing together two people with very different views of charter school for-profit management. On the surface, the webinar: Charter School Networks: Does Profit Status Matter? seemed to be a reasonable, thoughtful discussion about management issues.
The discussion was polite. Responses to questions were forthcoming. The rationale for-profit status was discussed and management issues were raised. The fact that both for-profit and non-profit management companies have fiscal management problems was acknowledged. Yet, the meat of the topic was only alluded to.
If you want to really understand the issues, read on. Continue reading
Class Size Violations: Does It Matter?
FEA Cites Violations of Class Size Amendment in this short video. There are several ‘work arounds’ to avoid the restrictions imposed by a Florida constitutional amendment in 2002. PreK through grade 3 is limited to 18 students. The limit for grades 4-8 is 22 and for grades 9-12 it is 25 in core subjects like reading, math and science. The temptation to manipulate the limits is great in order to reduce cost. Clearly, there is more to this story. Continue reading
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