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Title : Los Angeles Times: What Tony Thurmond’s Charter School Task Force Recommended | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Los Angeles Times: What Tony Thurmond’s Charter School Task Force Recommended | Diane Ravitch's blog
Los Angeles Times: What Tony Thurmond’s Charter School Task Force Recommended | Diane Ravitch's blogLos Angeles Times: What Tony Thurmond’s Charter School Task Force Recommended
A few months ago, Governor Gavin Newsom and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond appointed a task force to make recommendations to the State Legislature about the needed reforms of the state charter law. Of the 11 people on the Task Force, several had ties to the charter industry, two work for the California Charter Schools Association, and others are employed by charter schools. I had my doubts. But Superintendent Thurmond read my posts and called me to say, don’t judge me until you see what happens.
When the report was released, it was clear that a majority voted for important reforms of the charter law, while the charter advocates fought against, for example, allowing districts to take into account the fiscal impact of new charters on existing public schools. This was their way of saying, “let us drive public schools into fiscal crisis.” The Task Force did not agree.
Twenty percent of students in LA attend charters. At least 80% of LA charters have vacancies, contrary to phony claims about “long waiting lists.” The UTLA commissioned an audit which concluded that public schools lose $600 million every year to charters.
Howard Blume explained the recommendations of the Task Force report in the Los Angeles Times.
Blume writes:
When Los Angeles teachers went on strike in January, a major issue was charter schools: Union leaders talked about halting the growth of these privately operated campuses and exerting more local control over where and how these schools operate.
California took a step in that direction last week with the release of a much-awaited report by a task force set up in the wake of the six-day walkout.
The report supports new restrictions on charters and is expected to shape statewide policy.
One of the most important recommendations was to give a school district more authority when a charter seeks to open within its boundaries. Under current law, a school district must approve the opening of any charter that meets basic requirements.
The idea was to spark competition and give parents high-quality options for their children — and thousands of parents have responded enthusiastically. Charters enroll nearly one in five students in the nation’s second-largest CONTINUE READING: Los Angeles Times: What Tony Thurmond’s Charter School Task Force Recommended | Diane Ravitch's blog
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