From our experience, the "forcing" is of a different sort....it is to "force" the low-performing school to not see chartering as a paper transaction only. Our SEA is being vigilant to encourage low-performing schools considering chartering to examine what that means - possibly new staff, new governance, new instructional methods. I guess I just haven't seen too many low-performing schools that were embracing change, but denied the ability to do so. Rather, these schools are resistant to change, which may be part of the reason they are low-performing.
Posted as a reply to:
Conversion schools must be "real" charters by Jim Peyser 
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