Tag: funding equity
Getting Schooled by Other States on CMOs
November 18th, 2011
Earlier this month, the Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) in collaboration with Mathematica Policy Research released its study on the effectiveness of charter management organizations, or CMOs. CMOs are the groups that manage the much-heralded and highly successful charters networks like KIPP and Rocketship. The study looks at 40 CMOs...VIEW ARTICLE
Financial Mismanagement Can Affect All Public Schools – Not Just Charters
July 6th, 2011
House Bill 205 was unanimously passed last week in order to provide taxpayers greater oversight and transparency into charter school finances – mostly as a result of poor financial management among a couple Delaware charter schools. Critics blamed charter schools and the DOE. And while these criticisms are valid, these unfortunate...VIEW ARTICLE
Delaware Legislature Makes Progress in Education; More Work Ahead
Early Childhood Education, News
July 5th, 2011
The first year of the 146th General Assembly concluded last week; several bills and budget actions made progress toward education goals and positioned Delaware as a national leader. As always, more remains to be done, both on the issues addressed this year and others that remain unaddressed. In a year when most states faced budget deficits...VIEW ARTICLE
Reach Lessons: Raise the Standard Across the Board
June 15th, 2011
Reach Academy Charter School has filled the headlines the last couple of weeks, and I think we can all agree that if the problems that the school faces had been unearthed earlier, a great deal of heartache and unrest could have been avoided. Any parent would agree that every person serving on their children’s school board – traditional public...VIEW ARTICLE