Ohio Governor Proposes Moratorium on Charter Schools

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Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has proposed that all new charter schools be put on hold. "I know this has been viewed on the part of some as an attack upon all charter schools, and that's certainly not my intention," Strickland said. "My intention is to stop the proliferation of charter schools that we read about frequently as having failed students and exhibited a lack of fiscal responsibility." The moratorium would halt schools already in the pipeline, such as the highly-anticipated KIPP schools expected to begin operating in the fall of 2008. It also would stop school districts that want to open their own charter schools. A moratorium is overkill and the system isn't as flawed as Strickland suggests, said Terry Ryan of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, a charter sponsor. "This is an innovative thing. You're saying to people, 'Take a shot at opening up a school and making it successful.' The theory holds some will fail."

Source: The Columbus Dispatch
Date: 04/09/2007
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