The first thing that needs to change before school systems and charters can see themselves as partners is a change in the metaphors that are used to describe each other. Too many traditional systems and charter operators use the competition metaphors, which denote winners and losers. Our students should not be labeled as winners or losers because of the school they choose to attend. The systems and charters that have adopted a set of descriptors, those that put children first, have made the most progress toward partnerships. Charter operators can lead the way creating this change.
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Influencing Traditional Public Schools - Working With Districts by Bob Montgomery 
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