Spotlights 382 - Zero Tolerance for Charter Schools: The State Board of Education should regard all public schools as equals
February 03, 2010
Key facts:
Under the new “Revocation of Charter for Lack of Academic Performance” policy, only low-performing charter schools are subject to closure by the NC State Board of Education. There is no equivalent policy for district schools.
This study asks the question: How many public schools would close if the state instituted the policy three years ago and applied to charter and district schools alike?
According to state testing results for the last three years, the State Board of Education would be forced to close 164 public schools.
Of the 164 total schools, 155 of the closed schools would be district schools, three of them would be alternative district schools, and six of them would be charter schools. Overall, the state would close 6.5 percent of the total district and district alternative schools in North Carolina and 6.2 percent of the state’s charter schools.
