Avoiding Accountability: How Charter Operators Evade Ohio's Automatic Closure Law. K-12 Education

Autor/inn/en	DePaoli, Jennifer; van Lier, Piet
Institution	Policy Matters Ohio
Titel	Avoiding Accountability: How Charter Operators Evade Ohio's Automatic Closure Law. K-12 Education
Quelle	(2013), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Accountability; Charter Schools; School Law; School Closing; Failure; School Effectiveness; Compliance (Legal); Standards; Case Studies; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Schuleffizienz; Standard; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	Ohio's charter-closure law is touted as one of the toughest in the nation because it requires the automatic closure of charter schools that consistently fail to meet academic standards. Ohio's charter-closure law, which became effective in 2008 and was revised in 2011, calls for automatic closure of schools rated in Academic Emergency for at least two of the three most recent school years. Key Findings report: (1) Ohio law requires automatic closure of academically failing charter schools; (2) Loopholes in the closure law allow sponsors and charter management organizations (CMOs) to keep failing schools open despite orders to close; (3) Seven of 20 closed schools are still operating, with five run by the same CMOs that first opened them; and (4) An eighth school avoided mandated closure by shutting down a year early, but reopened with much of the same staff. Despite the appearance of being tough on academically failing charter schools, Ohio's automatic closure law has glaring loopholes that undermine its effectiveness and the overall quality of its charter schools. Policy Matters Ohio's investigation shows that Ohio's charter-closure law is at best a superficial attempt to close poorly performing schools and improve Ohio's charter sector; by failing to set firm consequences for sponsors and CMOs, the law only succeeds in punishing students. Ultimately, responsibility lies with Ohio policymakers for refusing to hold sponsors and CMOs accountable for the academic failures of their schools. This report offers recommendations for the overhaul of Ohio charter school law to increase standards for more effective sponsor oversight of management-school board relationships. [For the Executive Summary, see ED573585.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01