http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/06/challenging-the-guardian-council.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:45:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/06/challenging-the-guardian-council.html/comment-page-1#comment-83697 Matthew Brown Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:57:54 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=3979#comment-83697 Duncan's "third way" does indeed have some appeal, but I am alarmed at such a casual embrace of school closing. As satisfying as these closings are on a macro level, the prospect of closing numerous charter schools (half of all those in Ohio, to take the obviously extreme example) is worrisome. I haven't seen stats on it, but can't imagine the leap from a failed charter school back to a traditional public school or into another charter school is an easy one. Duncan’s “third way” does indeed have some appeal, but I am alarmed at such a casual embrace of school closing. As satisfying as these closings are on a macro level, the prospect of closing numerous charter schools (half of all those in Ohio, to take the obviously extreme example) is worrisome. I haven’t seen stats on it, but can’t imagine the leap from a failed charter school back to a traditional public school or into another charter school is an easy one.

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