History of IDEA
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Cortines recommends who should run 30 campuses; charter schools wanted more
- 02-19-2010
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Blog by Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
The chance to operate 18 new campuses would be divided among competing bidders in a politically balanced way under recommendations released Thursday by Los Angeles schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines. His recommendations are the next step in a process through which bidders from inside and outside the school district are competing to run the 18 new campuses as well as 12 persistently low-performing schools. The main competitors include groups of teachers—often working with district administrators—versus independently operated charter schools, which are exempt from some rules that govern traditional schools. In the end, each political constituency is positioned to get something, but there is also substantial disappointment--especially among charter school advocates. (more...)
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