NCLB Waiver Undermines Charter School Accountability

Mike Ford:

A tweet today by State Superintendent Tony Evers on the Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) desire for authority to intervene in charter schools caught my eye. Evers, who was responding to a New York Times editorial, wrote:

"if weak charters stay open, students are deprived & public $ wasted. Our ESEA waiver will help us take action."

Indeed, the state's federal No Child Left Behind waiver will give DPI the ability to intervene in and eventually close charter schools it deems low performing. The waiver, if granted, will undermine the very idea of charter schools.

The charter school concept is simple:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 24, 2012 5:29 AM
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