What States Can Do to Promote District-Charter Collaboration

Autor/in	Medler, Alex
Institution	Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	What States Can Do to Promote District-Charter Collaboration
Quelle	(2016), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	State Government; Government Role; Partnerships in Education; School Districts; Charter Schools; Public Schools; Educational Assessment; Enrollment; Efficiency; Barriers; State Policy; Educational Policy; Accountability; Incentives; Discipline Policy; Admission (School); Special Education; Politics of Education; Governance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; School district; Schulbezirk; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Einschulung; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Verantwortung; Anreiz; Disziplinarmaßnahme; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung
Abstract	With the federal government increasingly ceding authority to states in a revamped Every Student Succeeds Act, many states are looking for new ways to positively influence local work and take on greater leadership. States can--and should--play a more active role in fostering collaboration efforts if they are serious about ensuring quality public education for all of their students, regardless of what type of public school they attend. Collaboration opens the door for charter and traditional public schools to share ideas, best practices, and buildings in ways that can make a real difference for schools and students. As the charter sector continues to grow, collaboration encourages both sectors to tackle shared challenges, particularly in areas where families can face struggles. States, for example, can help create the conditions that make it possible to work together to create common performance measurements across schools, streamline application and enrollment processes, and more efficiently deliver quality special education. Collaboration is not easy; it is time-consuming and difficult to sustain. As this paper shows, the state is uniquely positioned to aid district-charter collaboration by: (1) removing impediments embedded in state laws or policies; (2) providing political cover for school districts when such collaborations stir controversy locally; and (3) creating financial and accountability incentives for districts and charter schools to collaborate. The paper outlines ways that states can leverage their roles in six specific areas, including first steps and ideas for those that want to "go big": (1) targeting resources; (2) adjusting state accountability systems; (3) supporting district authorizing quality; (4) establishing family-friendly policies including discipline, admissions, and special education; (5) leveraging state political clout and reach; and (6) creating new governance structures and institutional arrangements. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. University of Washington Bothell Box 358200, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel: 206-685-2214; Fax: 206-221-7402; e-mail: crpe@u.washington.edu; Web site: http://www.crpe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01