http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/08/27/charter-schools-vs-district-schools/ Up To The Minute Analysis Of Ohio Public Policy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/08/27/charter-schools-vs-district-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-4879 token liberal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:35:26 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=4443#comment-4879 And let's hear at least two cheers for increased supervision of charters. The original law allowed for failing charters to continue forever. There was also a lot of outright fraud (lying about enrollment numbers, simply taking the money and running...). That first law was the charter schools' worst enemy. Notice how the posting here brags about how the failing charters are closing... this is only because of accountability thrust upon charters. Nowadays it's the Obama Administration insisting that charter schools are part of the solution--quite a change from the earlier, Wild West days of charter schools. And let’s hear at least two cheers for increased supervision of charters. The original law allowed for failing charters to continue forever. There was also a lot of outright fraud (lying about enrollment numbers, simply taking the money and running…). That first law was the charter schools’ worst enemy. Notice how the posting here brags about how the failing charters are closing… this is only because of accountability thrust upon charters. Nowadays it’s the Obama Administration insisting that charter schools are part of the solution–quite a change from the earlier, Wild West days of charter schools.

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