Charter regulations under spotlight after stories uncovered alleged abuses
Moments after delivering opening remarks highlighting the successes in New Jersey’s charter school sector, Harry Lee steeled himself at a lectern inside the Statehouse Annex in Trenton Monday.
The hearing before the Senate Higher Education Committee began discussions that are expected to result in lawmakers updating or overhauling the state’s nearly 30-year-old Charter School Program Act of 1995. When Lee noted during testimony that the state Department of Education could be involved with vetting charter board members under restructured guidelines, Sen. Kristin M. Corrado, R-Passaic, said, “I don’t have a lot of faith in the Department of Education.”
Lee, president and CEO of the the largest charter school advocacy group in the state, opened the hearing with testimony that touted the achievements of the state’s charter sector, pointing to innovative learning methods, longer school days and middle school charter students overall outperforming state averages in reading despite serving twice as many low-income students.
Charter schools were created decades ago as a solution to struggling public education in impoverished communities, constructed to create efficiencies, do away with wasteful spending and establish innovative methods for learning. Some have succeeded, turning in stellar testing results and sending kids to high-performing colleges.
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