Breaking Down "The Chartered Course: Can Private School Choice Prop...

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THE CHARTERED
COURSE
Can Private School Choice Proponents Learn
from the Charter School Sector?
breaking down

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As demand for private school choice grows,
STUDENT PARTICIPATION
IN SCHOOL CHOICE PROGRAMS
350,000
300,000
250,0...

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it’s imperative we examine ways to improve
not only the diverse supply of schools but
also the quality.

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Charter schools have been experimenting with both
for more than two decades and their market share
is growing fa...

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Indeed, many charter schools have coupled innovation
with best practices from private and public schools with
gr...

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So what can the private school sector learn
from some of the top charter schools?

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Researcher
Andy Smarick

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• a partner at Bellwether Education Partners,
• former Deputy Commissioner of Education of New Jersey and
De...

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1. How Charter Schools
Structure Themselves

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
To date, there are now about 6,000 charter
schools serving nearly 2....

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
In fact, student enrollment in the charter sector has
outpaced enrol...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
How have top-performing charter schools
expanded so quickly to meet ...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Many created Charter Management
Organizations (CMOs), which develop
...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Students enrolled in schools overseen by
CMOs have increased by more...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
What makes CMOs effective?

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Economies of Scale
def. – the consolidation of support
functions for...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Single-campus charter schools’ employees
must often wear multiple ha...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
...whereas CMOs might hire a few
specialists that utilize their expe...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Back-Office Support
def. – the freeing up of school principals’
time...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
What’s the most important
back-office support?

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Human Capital
def. – the process of competing to recruit
the best ne...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
How can CMOs compete with the
dominant public school system and
high...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
External Partnerships
def. – establishing relationships with
organiz...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Teach For America and TNTP are
examples of such organizations.

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
But CMOs don’t just recruit and cycle
through new teachers as critic...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
Internal Investments
def. – fostering continuous improvement
by prov...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
The biggest driver of whether we
could open more schools—and
of how ...

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1. How Charter Schools Structure Themselves
We have retained 100 percent of
the school leaders who[m] we grew
fr...

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2. How Charter Schools
Identify Where to Open
New Locations

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2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
A charter school incubator is a nonprofit
organizati...

2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
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Incubators encourage the growth of the
charter schoo...

2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
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1. building relationships with great school
leade...

2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
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Leadership Pipelines
def. – a program strategy or se...

2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
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Start-Up Capital
def. – money to pay for new school
...

2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
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Strategy Guidance
def. – expert consultation to ensu...

2. How Charter Schools Identify Where to Open New Locations
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Political Advocacy
def. – the process of staying up ...

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3. How Charter Schools
Set Goals and Hold
Themselves Accountable

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3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
A charter school authorizer is responsible
for ...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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That means an authorizer is also
responsible fo...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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Authorizers can have few or many
schools in the...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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LEAs, SEAs, HEIs, NEGs, NFPs, and ICBs

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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Got it?

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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Just kidding.
We’ll explain:

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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LEA – a local education agency, which is usuall...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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Most of those authorizer types serve many
other...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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Utilizing independent chartering boards
(ICBs) ...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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ICBs are what we call...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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Independent Agencies
def. – an organization run...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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ICBs have practical perks, too.

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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1. They are not dependent upon the
political...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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2. They can set longer, staggered terms to
f...

3. How Charter Schools Set Goals and Hold Themselves Accountable
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3. They are less inclined to place the task
...

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Conclusions

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The growth of school choice is inevitable,
and demand for diverse, high-quality private
schooling options is on ...

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We’ve got to look for and be willing to test
strategies that will expand the supply of
private schooling options.

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“The Chartered Course” is one way, but far
from the only one, private schools can or
should take.

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This report simply aims to open the doors
for collaboration between sectors.

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Got different ideas?
We’d love to hear them.
Reach out on Twitter @edchoice,
on Google+ +edchoiceorg,
or on Face...

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For more details, real life examples, and
resources from the charter and private
sectors, read the full report a...

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