On-line Charter School District Fight in North Carolina
This was a fascinating story on NPR. There are on-line schools to be sure but apparently there is a (for-profit) company, K-12, Inc. that runs online charter schools in many states and wanted to get into North Carolina. A little reviewed clause in their charter law allowed a small district to be their authorizer for 4% of the take.
So you're a little district, low on funds, and you get offered "help" (or a kickback, take your pick) from an outside source with no strings attached (except maybe, stay out of their way). What would you do?
It's not a pretty picture.
So you're a little district, low on funds, and you get offered "help" (or a kickback, take your pick) from an outside source with no strings attached (except maybe, stay out of their way). What would you do?
It's not a pretty picture.
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http://www.steilacoom.k12.wa.us/domain/280
and here’s an article from PSBJ about some of the sticky points
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/01/12/story2.html?page=all
and another
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/04/27/story6.html
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The impression I am getting from comments is that Insight runs its program badly, but that WAVA actually does pretty well. Is that an accurate assessment?