Charter schools / Time to reassess
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Posted: Friday, October 21, 2011 12:01 am
New Jersey has 80 charter schools. Next year, 25 more are scheduled to open, and another 42 applications are being considered by the Department of Education.
But 15 years into the state's experiment with charter schools, it is clear that some of the magic has worn off the magic bullet.
Legislators, educators and taxpayers are taking another look at the program that was supposed to help solve our public education problems. The question is: What do we intend our charter schools to be?
While charters have provided alternatives for students in struggling urban districts, their performance is mixed. A January report said the state's urban charter schools outperformed other schools in their districts on