| What the research on Charter Schools really shows. The report is a response to a publication by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, which claims to separate fact from fiction. The National Education Policy Center reply also attempts to separate fact from fiction. Independent research on the issue shows that charter schools increasingly operate in much the same way as public schools. In fact, over the past decade, charter school advocates have noticeably shifted away from rhetorical claims that charter schools are innovative, shifting instead to claims that charters benefit communities by replicating popular existing models of schooling.To understand the extent to which charter schools are de facto either public or private, it is necessary to examine various aspects and components of the schools, such as ownership, public accountability, governance, management, employee status, and the extent to which the schools are open to all and are pursuing democratically and publicly established objectives.It is increasingly the case that charter school buildings are privately owned by the charter's founders, by an affiliated private company, or by a private trust. *In schools operated by private education management organizations (EMOs), the materials, furniture, and equipment in the schools are usually privately owned by the EMO and leased to the school. *Except for a small number of states that require teachers to be employees of the charter school, it is common for teachers to be "private employees" of the EMO. READ THE FACTS.... |
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