Charter School Case Study

The last few years it has been really tough. Very candidly, we have been, and please don’t write this, actively discouraging people from applying. We recognize that we have too many charters, we don’t have enough talent to power it and the easiest way of controlling the quality of the schools in the pipeline. Most of the people were scared off and last we had only two applicants that were absolutely terrible.

Interviewer: You can really see it in the application.

Interviewee: Anyone who is absolutely determined to open a new charter school, has support and a great idea, we have been happy to see that school open, but we recognized that it wasn’t there. The fact that the people did scare that easy, indicates to me that there weren’t really great …show more content…
I am personally very supportive of the idea that we shouldn’t open new charter schools until we improve the ones that we have. I don’t think opening more in Delaware, with the resources we have right now, is the way to drive better outcomes. In other contexts where there are more talented school leaders, more teacher waiting to get in and parents who are on waiting list miles long, is a …show more content…
That is nothing that Delaware has done at all. There are some conversations with some charter schools, but I think the political environment is really discouraging to that. It is nothing that our law really allows at this point, because it has never been contemplated. I think that could be the key to unlocking some really new exciting opportunities in a way that mediates a lot of the risk that you have with brand new charter