We Don’t Need Charter Schools in New York City – the Affinity District is a Far Better Model for Children and Teachers
The New York State charter school law begins by differentiating charter and traditional public schools,
Provide parents and students with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system; and (f) Provide schools with a method to change from rule-based to performance-based accountability systems by holding the schools established under this article accountable for meeting measurable student achievement results.
In the twenty plus years since the law was passed the school system across New York State has undergone dramatic changes; all schools are held to performance-based accountability systems, all schools are assessed by measurable student achievement results. If schools fail to meet goals set in federal law and state regulation they are placed in oversight categories, Targeted School Improvement (TSI) or Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI), and, if they continue to fail to meet goals they risk a state takeover or closing. Charter schools must meet the same goals and risk the non-renewal of their charter, effectively closing the schools.
Charter schools are either community charter schools, individual or a small number of schools tied to a specific neighborhood or network charter schools, such as Success, KIPP, Ascend or a few others, larger numbers of schools run by CONTINUE READING: We Don’t Need Charter Schools in New York City – the Affinity District is a Far Better Model for Children and Teachers | Ed In The Apple