1) A dynamic and growing charter school movement is as much about planning and authorizing new schools as it is about shutting down and eliminating failed ones. Both functions are essential.
2) Designing and operating a streamlined, transparent and effective chartering system is more important than the fate--good or bad--of any single school.
3) Under-developed chartering systems contribute significantly to the charter school failure rate.
4) We've broken the code for establishing highly effective schools. Now we need highly effective chartering to ensure that more of these "code breaker" schools come online.
5) Chartering systems that facilitate quality and scale simply don't yet exist in this country.
6) Charter schools close for many of the same reasons that other ventures fail, including: unsound planning, incompetent leadership, inadequate funding, criminal behavior, etc. Better school planning and more effective authorizer practices are needed to minimize school failures.
7) Tangible evidence that results matter fuels public support for reforms such as charter schools.
8) Given past and current inconsistencies in authorizers practices, a 9% closure rate may be low.
Posted as a reply to:
Charter School Closures by Bob Montgomery 
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