The Three Worst Mistakes Charter School Authorizers Make SchoolWorks Contributors: Kim Wechtenhiser and David Hartman Let’s face it. Authorizing charter schools is demanding, complicated, compliance-ridden, highly sensitive (and often politically-charged) work. And because many authorizers operate with a skeleton... read more
In an effort to improve charter school quality through better accountability, Ohio state law requires The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) to evaluate community school sponsors each year. Beginning in January 2015 and annually thereafter, sponsors (interchangeably referred to as authorizers) will be evaluated on three... read more
SchoolWorks is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to implement the Minnesota Authorizer Performance Evaluation System (MAPES); a comprehensive evaluation of their existing charter school authorizers. SchoolWorks was contracted by MDE in February 2015 to review four cohorts of authorizers between... read more
SchoolWorks recently began working with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to coordinate the work of its State Review Panel. The State Review Panel (SRP) is a body of Colorado-based education experts charged with evaluating the progress of schools and districts approaching the end of their time on the state’s... read more