A lesson for charter school operators

03-03-2010

Editorial/Los Angeles Times

At their statewide convention in Sacramento this week, charter school leaders are discussing whether to participate in Los Angeles Unified's Public School Choice initiative in coming years. It's not a conversation they were expecting to have. They lobbied for the reform, which at least on paper opens management of about 250 new or failing schools to outside operators. But that's not the way it worked in its first year. Only four -- actually, 3.5 -- of the more than 30 schools up for grabs went to charter groups. The school board knocked three of L.A.'s most respected charter operators out of the running after their applications had been given top ratings by the district administration. The vast majority of schools went to teacher groups. What the board doesn't seem to realize is that it might need the charter schools more than they need the district. (more...)

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