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I suspect that for some percentage of charter schools and parents, the complication of applying directly is *desired* since it is a form of weeding out unmotivated students and families....maybe that's not a bad thing, but it would alter the status quo and a lot of people have a vested interest in the status quo.

I agree that this is a central source of opposition to a centralized application. But we have to be clear what charter school autonomy really refers to.

Charter autonomy should be autonomy from institutional constraints of DCPS, not autonomy from the educational challenges kids present to DCPS schools.

Until charters aren't insulated from the challenge of educating children whose parents don't demonstrate agency and ownership of their kid's education, all charter gains will be suspect in the eyes of many.

by Ken Archer on Jun 29, 2012 1:20 pm • link • report

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