Several superintendents from different parts of the country told an audience at the National Alliance For Public Charter Schools conference that it is critical charter schools and traditional public schools work together to meet the needs of all students. Pedro Martinez, superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District, said[Read More…]
Tag: charter school collaboration
States can help districts and charter schools work together
The idea that school districts and charter schools would set aside their differences and start working together isn’t exactly unheard of. It’s happening now in cities around the country. In some cases it’s been going on for years. But it’s still rare enough that it’s often portrayed as a man-bites-dog story,[Read More…]
An opportunity for district-charter collaboration?
Over the weekend, the Tampa Bay Times took an in-depth look at a battle between the Hillsborough County School Board and Kids Community College, a charter school it authorizes. The article raises a number of interesting issues about charter school politics and practices in Florida, but one, raised by Jenna Hodgens, the[Read More…]
This week in school choice: Working together
From voucher regulation to district-charter collaboration, here is our weekly rundown of what happened over the past week in school choice. There was some good news on the West Coast, from the L.A. School Report. At her first community town hall as LA Unified’s superintendent, Michelle King received the most[Read More…]
New proposals for charter school collaboration in Central Florida
Three large school districts along Florida’s I-4 corridor are angling for grants that could help them draw nationally recognized charter school networks to low-income neighborhoods. The Orange, Polk and Hillsborough County school districts applied this month for $2.5 million in funding from round two of the Florida Department of Education’s district-charter collaboration program.[Read More…]
More districts vie for Florida charter school collaboration grants
Florida education officials are growing the pool of school districts that could soon get extra money to recruit and collaborate with “high-impact” charter schools. School districts in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties won state grants last year to bring national charter school networks into their most disadvantaged neighborhoods. A third, Broward, applied for the[Read More…]
Broward County school board rejects charter school collaboration plan
One of the three Florida school districts in line to receive $3.3 million to recruit high-achieving charter schools into disadvantaged neighborhoods appears to be pulling away from the initiative. Broward County School Board members decided Tuesday to tell the state, as one member put it, “thanks but no thanks.” District Superintendent[Read More…]
Three Florida districts chosen for charter school collaboration grants
Florida’s two largest school districts could soon be searching for charter schools looking to serve their most disadvantaged neighborhoods. The state Department of Education has chosen three school districts, including Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, to receive grants intended to entice more national charter school networks to open in Florida’s academically struggling urban areas[Read More…]