Hoover InstitutionStanford University
Flexibility For Accountability: Why Charter Schools Succeed

Published: December 20, 2017

Charter schools are thriving in areas underserved by traditional public schools due to their framework of flexibility for accountability. They are granted flexibility to design and run schools in order maximize student achievement in exchange for being held accountable for their students’ performance. Charter schools have to improve in order to survive. Those that do not perform well need to be removed in order to expand high-performing schools.

Discussion Questions

  1. What advantages does do charter schools enjoy that public schools do not?
  2. Why have we seen an increase in charter schools in recent years?

Additional resources

  1. Read “L.A. could learn a lot about charter schools from the Big Apple” by Margaret Raymond, available here.
  2. Read “It’s Time to Get Serious About Charter School Quality” by Margaret Raymond, available here.
  3. Read "How Well Are Teachers Doing? by Margaret Raymond, available here. 
  4. For much more, visit: credo.stanford.edu

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Margaret (Macke) Raymond

Margaret (Macke) Raymond

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