Twenty years ago Governor Pataki bundled a salary increase with a charter school law in a lame duck session of the state legislature. Has the law achieved its purposes? (See NYS Charter School Law here).
The law established two authorizers, the State Education Department and SUNY. The State Education Department created Charter School Frameworks. (See Charter School Frameworks here)
The charter school law requires charters schools to:
* Improve student learning and achievement;
*Increase learning opportunities for all students, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for students who are at-risk of academic failure;
*Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods;
* 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 CONTINUE READING: Is it time for New York City Charter Schools to be absorbed into a redesigned New York City School System? | Ed In The Apple