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Making charter schools better
I’m at a conference in Columbus today sponsored by the Thomas B. Fordham, Gates and Walton foundations. The goal is to find ways to make charter schools perform better. Lots of big shots in the school choice field are here. Ohio Speaker of the House Jon Husted was a morning speaker along with former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige. Gov. Bob Taft will speak at lunch.
I am at a session now moderated by Dayton school board president Gail Littlejohn that includes Steve Adamowski, former Cincinnati superintendent, and Greg Richmond, a charter school pioneer in Chicago who now heads a national charter school association.
In his speech, Husted called academic performance the biggest challenge for charter schools — getting students to perform and demonstrating that.
I’ll post some more details of what is discussed later.
Permalink | Comments (4) | Categories: Charter Schools and School Choice
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By Cornbread
November 29, 2005 1:08 PM | Link to this
1983? OK…can you site a source from present day- only klansman read literature from that long ago…talk about regressing…boo rick!By Cornbread
November 29, 2005 1:06 PM | Link to this
Boo Rick!By Rick
November 20, 2005 4:03 PM | Link to this
Cornbread, Charter schools have had beneficial effects on regular public schools, forcing them to pay attention to the parent’s desires. Let us not forget that public schools were on a 50 year decline. (See “A Nation at Risk” written in 1983.By Cornbread
November 18, 2005 10:33 AM | Link to this
Boo charter schools! Aweful idea, let’s find an even smaller box to stash our children in so when they grow up they will settle for less than mediocrity for thier children’s education as well! (Note the sarcasm.) Charter schools are not performing well because they never will!