Monday, March 27, 2006
Charter Powerball
Over at the Charter Blog, guest blogger NS (who I assume is Nelson Smith) poses a great question/idea raised by the Colorado League of Charter Schools' Jim Griffin. (The discussion followed this high-profile charter school lottery in Harlem last week, as well as this lottery in Denver.)
What if we held lotteries in all 40 charter-law states on the same day – kind of a Charter Powerball – with thousands and thousands of kids clamoring to squeeze into the too-few spaces available? Think it might impress policymakers enough to lift inane "caps" on expansion and growth of charter schools?
What if we held lotteries in all 40 charter-law states on the same day – kind of a Charter Powerball – with thousands and thousands of kids clamoring to squeeze into the too-few spaces available? Think it might impress policymakers enough to lift inane "caps" on expansion and growth of charter schools?
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