Parents don't enroll their children in a sector. They enroll in some particular school. And yet, research to date has been comparing "charter" and "district."
Ted Kolderie is the recipient of this year's James Bryant Conant Award from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) for his work to develop the chartered schools sector in public education.
Innovative Quality Schools is a new approved authorizer of chartered schools in Minnesota. They will focus on authorizing schools that innovate with respect to instructional model, staffing and leadership design, evaluation method, or some other aspect.
The drama playing out in Wisconsin is something of a political spectacle. What is its root cause? Not an extreme governor, nor labor unions. Instead, at root, the system is not financially sustainable.
With traditionally-designed big-box high schools, it can be difficult to change to keep up with fluctuating financial times. The shell is still there. The physical constraints drive learning models as much as the conditions and teachers.
In rural Hutto Texas, the superintendent has taken the compelling step of seeking to trademark and lease-off the school’s Hutto Hippo. He is also planning to lease bus and website space to advertisers.
