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A 2017 policy statement from the National Education Association expressed its strong commitment to public schools. Charter schools are funded by taxpayers so there must be the same liability, transparency, safeguards, and impartiality as public schools.
A 2010 study by the Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocacy group, found that charters received 64 percent of their district counterparts, averaging $7,131 per pupil compared to the average per pupil expenditure of $11,184 in the traditional public schools in 2009/10 [37] compared to $10,771 per pupil at conventional district public ...
A charter school then, is simply a school that applies to exercise certain actions and are granted that right by an authority (usually a local or state education agency.) Charter school supporters argue that the increased autonomy of charter schools allows for more effective management, and a louder voice for stakeholders that can shape how ...
A charter management organization (CMO) is an educational organization that operates charter schools in the United States. Charter schools are public schools that operate independently of the local government school district. A CMO contracts with a charter school to provide a specific service or set of services.
HB 318, sponsored by state Rep. Scott Hilton (R-Peachtree Corners), will relocate the Office of Charter School Compliance, moving it from the Georgia Department of Education to the State Charter ...
An education management organization (EMO) is a term of art describing a for-profit entity that manages schools. It provides a distinction from charter management organization which is a non-profit manager of charter schools. The terms are often used interchangeably, with resulting confusion.
By law, charter schools in Oklahoma must be sponsored by a school district, a university or the State Board of Education. Bowles submitted the charter school’s application to the Putnam City ...
A charter school with Republican political ties and a focus on a “classical” education could circumvent traditional state approvals and open in a few months if OK’d by state lawmakers.