http://www.edreform.com/2011/12/multiple-charter-school-authorizers-primer/ Since 1993, the leading voice and advocate for lasting, substantive and structural education reform in the U.S. Fri, 31 May 2013 12:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.edreform.com/2011/12/multiple-charter-school-authorizers-primer/#comment-35233 Just the FAQs—Charter Schools Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:07:25 +0000 http://www.edreform.com/?p=18894#comment-35233 [...] • Multiple Charter Authorizers: States that permit a number of entities to authorize charter schools, or provide applicants with a binding appeals process, encourage more activity than those that vest authorizing power in a single entity, particularly if that entity is the local school board. The goal is to give parents the most options possible, and having multiple sponsors helps reach this goal. Additionally, it is important that the authorizing entities have independent power from one another to prevent creating multiple authorizers “in name only.” For more information on why multiple authorizers are important, please see our Multiple Authorizers Primer. [...] [...] • Multiple Charter Authorizers: States that permit a number of entities to authorize charter schools, or provide applicants with a binding appeals process, encourage more activity than those that vest authorizing power in a single entity, particularly if that entity is the local school board. The goal is to give parents the most options possible, and having multiple sponsors helps reach this goal. Additionally, it is important that the authorizing entities have independent power from one another to prevent creating multiple authorizers “in name only.” For more information on why multiple authorizers are important, please see our Multiple Authorizers Primer. [...]

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