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"content": "\u003cp>The fallout — and fascination — continues from the massive \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702539140/u-s-accuses-actresses-others-of-fraud-in-wide-college-admissions-scandal\">college admissions scandal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University of Southern California has “placed holds on the accounts of students who may be associated with the alleged admissions scheme,” the school said \u003ca href=\"https://news.usc.edu/155225/usc-information-on-college-admissions-issue/\">in a statement \u003c/a>on its website. And lawmakers in Congress have already \u003ca href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/house/434801-house-lawmakers-introduce-bill-in-response-to-college-admissions-scandal\">introduced legislation\u003c/a> aimed at leveling the playing field for college students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many of those students say they \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/03/13/703162319/college-students-say-theyre-not-surprised-by-admissions-scandal\">aren’t surprised\u003c/a> by the the scheme that involved bribing university coaches and test proctors to get wealthy students into some of the nation’s top schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you’re fascinated by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/style/olivia-jade-giannulli-college-admissions-scandal.html\">Olivia Jade \u003c/a>or furious at her parents for scamming the system, here are a few ideas to keep in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There are lots of ways that wealthy families get a boost in the college admissions process. 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That trial also lifted the the veil on how the process can work, and among evidence presented \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/18/day-three-harvard-admissions-trial/\">were email exchanges\u003c/a> between Harvard officials discussing connections between applicants and major donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Legacy admissions:\u003c/strong> Nearly half of private colleges and universities (42 percent) and 6 percent of public ones take into account whether an applicant’s family members attended that school, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/2018-surveys-admissions-leaders-pressure-grows\">Inside Higher Ed\u003c/a>. Harvard officials \u003ca href=\"https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/diverse-education/files/harvardsummaryjudgment\">defended \u003c/a>their use of legacy admissions in court filings, saying the practice helps connect the school with its alumni, whose financial support is essential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Campus visits: \u003c/strong>Some colleges consider whether or not students “demonstrate interest” in their schools by making the costly trip to visit campus. But not every family can afford that trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Applying early decision: \u003c/strong>At many schools, students are \u003ca href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/01/07/popularity-early-decision-continues-grow\">more likely to be admitted\u003c/a> in the early action or early decision cycles, which occur in the fall instead of the spring. 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"content": "\u003cp>When state legislators grilled University of California staff at a hearing Tuesday about the university’s response to the recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/college-admissions-scandal-questions.html\">college admissions scandal\u003c/a>, Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) asked the question that’s been reverberating since the story broke last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How do we reassure the public that the system is not totally rigged?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a dilemma for lawmakers who feel pressure to respond to a nationwide cheating scheme that cuts at the heart of higher education’s legitimacy. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ucla-admissions-soccer-recruit-20190319-story.html\">UCLA\u003c/a> soccer coach and the parent of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-uc-berkeley-crew-college-admissions-scandal-20190319-story.html\">UC Berkeley\u003c/a> alumnus were among the dozens of people charged by federal law enforcement with using fake test scores and athletic profiles to secure admission for wealthy students at elite colleges. The scandal stung all the more given the \u003ca href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/03/26/reports-circulate-even-more-difficult-year-be-admitted-leading\">massive demand\u003c/a> among Californians for a UC degree.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"small\" align=”right” citation=\"Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento)\"]'How do we reassure the public that the system is not totally rigged?'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Tuesday’s hearing generated strong talk of crackdowns and expulsions, there are limits to what state government can do to prevent future scandals. State officials have little ability to influence the private schools like the University of Southern California and Stanford at the center of the investigation, And even within California’s public university system, key decisions about admission are made out of the public eye within the ivory tower, by UC faculty and staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But legislators do have significant control over UC’s purse strings and the governor and lieutenant governor sit on the UC Board of Regents. Here are three takeaways from the state’s response so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>UC already has a small side door—and will be double-checking the locks now.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>UC policy allows campuses to admit up to 6 percent of each entering class as “admissions by exception,” meaning they might not meet the usual standards but have a special talent such as athletics or performing arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those under-the-radar admissions are the ones the FBI \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/file/1142876/download\">alleges\u003c/a> parents exploited at UC and elite private schools, by bribing sports coaches to bring on their children as walk-on players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These special admissions cases can also be used to increase geographic and cultural diversity, Provost Michael Brown told legislators Tuesday, by admitting students who were home-schooled or attended high schools in rural areas that don’t offer the courses that UC usually requires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said actual admissions by exception usually amount to no more than 2 percent of each entering class — campuses rarely use their entire quota because demand for regular slots is so high. Including transfer students, the UC system \u003cu>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2019/fall-2019-information-summary.pdf\">received\u003c/a> \u003c/u>nearly 218,000 undergraduate applications for the 2019-2020 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC says it doesn’t set aside any admissions slots for donors or legacy students — those whose parents attended the university — and audits a random sampling of applications each year to ensure the information submitted is accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, admissions by exception will likely be a focus of UC’s internal investigation into the extent of the fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to scrub this and see what we can do to improve our processes and … make it very difficult for anyone to take advantage of our system,” said the UC’s chief audit officer, Alex Bustamante.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The scandal has reignited debate over the use of the SAT and ACT exams in admissions.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 colleges and universities nationwide have stopped requiring applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores, according to the nonprofit FairTest—including the prestigious University of Chicago, which scrapped the requirement last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC, so far, hasn’t joined their ranks. But the revelation that wealthy families could so brazenly game the tests has reinvigorated the university’s ongoing deliberation about their future use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the request of UC President Janet Napolitano, a faculty task force has for the last several months been studying whether standardized tests accurately predict how well a student will succeed at the university. Critics of the SAT and ACT have long argued that they perpetuate racial disparities and favor applicants whose families can afford expensive test prep courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the scandal has helped people understand how these tests have become synonymous with privilege,” said UC Regent Eloy Ortiz Oakley, a longtime critic of the SAT who also serves as chancellor of the California Community Colleges. “What I’m hearing from my colleagues is outrage and concern and a heightened interest in getting back the recommendation from the Academic Senate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The College Board defends the SAT’s integrity, saying it relies on schools to provide fair testing environments, but it has also taken measures to increase security in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No single admissions criteria is perfect, but objective measures like college entrance exams protect hardworking, honest students by making fraud harder to pull off and easier to detect,” Zachary Goldberg, a spokesperson for the College Board, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60 percent of freshman applicants to UC’s fall 2019 class submitted SAT scores, 20 percent sent ACT scores, and the rest took both exams. Cal State requires the test for applicants whose high school GPAs are lower than 3.0, or who want to attend a high demand campus or program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One option UC could pursue: relying more on the Smarter Balanced tests the state already requires all students to take in 11th grade. Designed to align with school curriculum, Smarter Balanced exams do about as well as the SAT at predicting whether a student will get good grades in their first year at UC or Cal State and return for a second year, according to a forthcoming UC Davis study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the study found both tests were less effective at predicting outcomes for low-income students, said lead author Michal Kurlaender, a UC Davis education professor. Students outside California wouldn’t necessarily have access to the Smarter Balanced exams. And in-school state assessment tests, while free and convenient for students to take, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-cheating-trial-20140907-story.html\">faced\u003c/a> cheating scandals of their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Expect athletic admissions to come under more scrutiny.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>UC officials say all candidates who are recommended by athletic coaches go through an independent review before they’re admitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For all the processes I know about, no single individual is able to pull the trigger on a decision,” Brown said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the checks and balances seem to have failed in the case of Jorge Salcedo, a UCLA soccer coach \u003ca href=\"https://dailybruin.com/2019/03/12/mens-soccer-coach-jorge-salcedo-charged-in-college-admissions-bribery-scheme/\">indicted\u003c/a> on suspicion of taking $200,000 in bribes to accept two recruits who in fact had never played the sport competitively. UCLA placed Salcedo on leave last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether admissions officers actually contact a student’s high school to verify athletic accomplishments, Han Mi Yoon-Wu, UC’s vice president of undergraduate admissions, acknowledged that they often rely on coaches’ expertise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That should change, said Eddie Comeaux, a former professional baseball player and current chair of UC’s Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, the faculty panel that oversees admissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My suggestion would be to make sure you have more faculty oversight,” he said, adding that the admissions board will take up the issue at its April meeting. He pointed to UC Berkeley, which tightened admissions standards for athletes in recent years in response to low graduation rates among its football players, as a possible model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s one reform legislators might also urge UC to adopt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to make sure the person who got on the swim team knows how to swim,” McCarty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story and other higher education coverage are supported by the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org/\">\u003cem>CALmatters.org\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Here are three takeaways from the state’s response so far.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>UC already has a small side door—and will be double-checking the locks now.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>UC policy allows campuses to admit up to 6 percent of each entering class as “admissions by exception,” meaning they might not meet the usual standards but have a special talent such as athletics or performing arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those under-the-radar admissions are the ones the FBI \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/file/1142876/download\">alleges\u003c/a> parents exploited at UC and elite private schools, by bribing sports coaches to bring on their children as walk-on players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These special admissions cases can also be used to increase geographic and cultural diversity, Provost Michael Brown told legislators Tuesday, by admitting students who were home-schooled or attended high schools in rural areas that don’t offer the courses that UC usually requires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said actual admissions by exception usually amount to no more than 2 percent of each entering class — campuses rarely use their entire quota because demand for regular slots is so high. Including transfer students, the UC system \u003cu>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2019/fall-2019-information-summary.pdf\">received\u003c/a> \u003c/u>nearly 218,000 undergraduate applications for the 2019-2020 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC says it doesn’t set aside any admissions slots for donors or legacy students — those whose parents attended the university — and audits a random sampling of applications each year to ensure the information submitted is accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, admissions by exception will likely be a focus of UC’s internal investigation into the extent of the fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to scrub this and see what we can do to improve our processes and … make it very difficult for anyone to take advantage of our system,” said the UC’s chief audit officer, Alex Bustamante.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The scandal has reignited debate over the use of the SAT and ACT exams in admissions.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 colleges and universities nationwide have stopped requiring applicants to submit SAT or ACT test scores, according to the nonprofit FairTest—including the prestigious University of Chicago, which scrapped the requirement last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC, so far, hasn’t joined their ranks. But the revelation that wealthy families could so brazenly game the tests has reinvigorated the university’s ongoing deliberation about their future use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the request of UC President Janet Napolitano, a faculty task force has for the last several months been studying whether standardized tests accurately predict how well a student will succeed at the university. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the recent school walkouts in Oakland and Los Angeles, striking teachers and their unions took particular aim at charter schools, accusing them of stripping traditional public schools of crucial resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both cities have higher concentrations of students enrolled in charters than nearly anywhere else in California. And in the deals that ultimately ended the two labor disputes, each district agreed to consider moratoriums on new charters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s school board, which hasn’t approved any new charters in several years, is expected to vote this week on whether to officially suspend the approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last two decades, Oakland has been a veritable charter boomtown: There are now \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousdcharters.net/charters-authorized-in-oakland.html\">45 charter schools\u003c/a> attended by about 30 percent of the city’s K-12 students, up from 13 charters in 2003. Largely as a result, the district lost about 17,000 students in those 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first charter school in Oakland, and one of the first in the California, opened in 1993 in the Fruitvale neighborhood, just a year after the state Legislature gave charters the green light. Oakland’s public school system had long struggled academically and financially, and with residents eager for better educational options for their children, the city became fertile ground for new charters to take root.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by a large influx of outside funding from wealthy donors and a succession of charter-friendly district superintendents and city and state officials, new charter schools in Oakland proliferated, particularly in the decade after 2000, when the number of charter schools in the city more than tripled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11732119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/enrollment_-_oakland_schools-final.gif\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11732119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/enrollment_-_oakland_schools-final.gif\" alt=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/18der2D2inCn9SpWtnc1MbGB_mLCDjIwbwATf1qtKz8E/edit\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic: A steady decrease in public school enrollment is matched by a similar steady increase in charter school enrollment. \u003ccite>(Elena Lacey/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/9e6db336-6bf3-410c-a22b-8b125f6dc07d?src=embed\" title=\"Copy: Oakland Small Schools\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while certainly not the sole cause of Oakland Unified’s perennial budget woes, the rise of charters is a factor that has undeniably contributed to the district’s fiscal distress. Because OUSD receives per-pupil state funding, having fewer students means a lot less money for the district, even as its school building and administrative costs remain roughly the same. The Los Angeles and Oakland teachers unions frequently cite a 2018 report by the left-leaning Bay Area policy center, In The Public Interest, estimating that charter growth cost \u003cu>\u003ca href=\"http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_LAUSDCharters_PolicyBrief_May2016.pdf\">L.A. Unified \u003c/a>\u003c/u>more than $508 million in 2014-15 and \u003cu>\u003ca href=\"https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/report-the-cost-of-charter-schools-for-public-school-districts/\">Oakland Unified \u003c/a>\u003c/u>$57 million in 2016-17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter school advocates, though, are quick to dismiss the report as blatantly biased, noting that IPI is affiliated with the Partnership for Working Families, whose funders include organized labor. They say that charters are being unfairly scapegoated, and argue that these schools fill a dire need for educational alternatives in many underserved communities, where traditional public schools have largely failed to provide students with the quality education they deserve. Charter schools offer parents and students more choices, which they contend is an inherently good thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters also argue that charters offer a more innovative, customized approach to learning for many students, particularly those in low-income communities, who might otherwise fall through the cracks in traditional public schools. Charters, they say, provide greater academic and financial autonomy and have more direct accountability to the communities they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After two decades of rapid, largely unchecked growth throughout the state, charter schools are now a flashpoint in the debate over the fate of public education in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of his pledge to bring “long overdue” transparency and accountability measures to California’s charter schools, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126\">new legislation\u003c/a> in early March, requiring them to adhere to the same conflict-of-interest and open-meeting rules as their traditional counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move marks a departure from the lighter-touch approach taken by his charter school-friendly predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, who twice vetoed similar legislation — and as mayor of Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2019/until-the-end-gov-brown-opposes-more-data-collection-and-charter-school-regulation/606684\">helped launch two charter schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 126 is just the first of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731298/common-sense-regulations-or-an-extended-middle-finger-how-far-will-california-go-on-charter-schools\">cascade of new bills\u003c/a> introduced by lawmakers that would subject the state’s more than 1,300 charter schools to an increased level of scrutiny and cap their growth statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So let’s take a step back. What exactly are charter schools? And how did they establish such a strong and controversial foothold within California’s education system?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The basic gist\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charter schools are publicly funded but privately run K-12 schools that are tuition-free. They are considered part of the public school system, although not subject to some of the rules and oversight of traditional schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each of California’s roughly 1,300 charter schools has its own specific goals and operating procedures as laid out in an original proposal (“charter”) that’s been approved by the school district, or the county or state board of education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many charter schools in California are run independently and got their start through grassroots community organizing efforts. A significant number, though, are overseen by large groups, known as charter management organizations, which operate multiple schools and often receive hefty funding from affluent charter boosters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the larger, more well-known of these organizations have expanded to other states, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.kipp.org/\">Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://aspirepublicschools.org/\">Aspire Public Schools\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://greendot.org/\">Green Dot Public Schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While conventional public schools generally serve students who live within specific geographic zones, most charters are known as “schools of choice,” meaning that anyone can attend, regardless of home address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of charter teachers — \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/12/nations_first_charter_school_strike_ended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upward of 90 percent\u003c/a> — don’t belong to a union. Teachers can technically vote to join one, and some have, including the roughly 600 teachers and counselors at Green Dot Schools, who are part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.amuanimo.org/\">Asociación de Maestros Unidos\u003c/a>, a California Teachers Association/National Education Association affiliate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until recently, California’s charter schools could be run by both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, as they are in many other states around the country. That changed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under a 2018 state law\u003c/a>, which banned new for-profit charters. Prior to the law’s enactment, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/09/18/california-gov-brown-signs-bill-banning-for-profit-charter-schools-will-it-really-do-that/?utm_term=.3ff28d863045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five for-profit groups operated roughly 35 schools\u003c/a> statewide. The law, which takes effect July 1, allows schools currently run or managed by for-profit companies to remain open as long as they switch to nonprofit management when their charters are up for renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When did charter schools start in California … and why?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 1992 the state Legislature passed the\u003ca href=\"http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/provgovpart/Documents/sb_1448_bill_chaptered.pdf\"> Charter Schools Act (SB 1448)\u003c/a>, making California the second state in the nation (after Minnesota) to allow public charters. The law’s stated intent was to “provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from the existing school district structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial law limited the total number of charters in the state to 100, and no more than 10 per school district (except Los Angeles, which was allowed 20) — a cap soon scrapped by subsequent legislation. Funding would “follow the student” after leaving a traditional public school. In 1993, \u003ca href=\"https://scclc.net/\">San Carlos Charter Learning Center\u003c/a>, an elementary school in San Mateo County, became the first charter school in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter schools in California got a more solid footing after \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/as/proposition39.asp\">voters passed Proposition 39 in 2000\u003c/a>, requiring school districts to make facilities available to charter schools that serve students who live within the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, their numbers have skyrocketed, with steady, rapid growth across the state, which has only recently begun to slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”Chart:\" aria-describedby=\"”Only\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-WYs07″\" src=\"%E2%80%9D//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/WYs07/6/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”332″>\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>With more than 600,000 students in the state’s roughly 1,300 charters schools – about 10 percent of all public school students statewide – California leads the nation in both the number of charters and the number of students attending them (although states like Arizona, Florida and Utah have higher percentages).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re often started in traditionally low-income school districts, as smaller, locally controlled alternatives to underperforming neighborhood schools. Los Angeles and the Bay Area, particularly Oakland, have some of the highest concentrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”Map:\" aria-describedby=\"”The\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-bPbYB”\" src=\"%E2%80%9D//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bPbYB/8/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”400″>\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>As recently as the mid-1970s, California’s public school system was regarded as among the best in the nation, and the state, not coincidentally, also had one of the nation’s highest per-pupil spending rates. Then, largely as a result of a series of statewide tax measures — namely Proposition 13 — funding quickly slowed to a trickle, and in many districts across the state, the quality of public schools followed suit. Today, California \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/jan/17/delaine-eastin/does-california-rank-41st-student-spending-no-1-pr/\">ranks a dismal 41st nationally \u003c/a>in per-pupil public school spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who are some big supporters and opponents?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite the generally friendly reception charter schools have received in California over the last two decades, particularly by key state leaders like Gov. Jerry Brown and his predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, they’ve also faced strong resistance from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cta.org/\">California Teachers Association\u003c/a> and the local district-level unions it represents. The CTA has consistently lobbied lawmakers to limit their growth and require greater accountability, an effort that seems to now be bearing fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, one of the earliest boosters of the concept of charter schools was Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who \u003ca href=\"https://reuther.wayne.edu/files/64.43.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the late 1980s\u003c/a> promoted the idea of creating experimental schools that would be better equipped to accommodate students who had failed in their traditional schools. Just five years later, however, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charter-schools-are-leading-to-an-unhealthy-divide-in-american-education/2018/06/22/73430df8-7016-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html?utm_term=.f3de9ff27b0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he publicly renounced the idea\u003c/a>, arguing that it had been adopted by anti-union businesses seeking profits. “Vouchers, charter schools, for-profit management schemes are all quick fixes that won’t fix anything,” \u003ca title=\"books.google.com\" href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=dxsFuYUCKcoC&lpg=PA314&ots=pkEjpi111m&dq=vouchers%2C%20charter%20schools%2C%20for-profit%20management%20schemes%20are%20all%20quick%20fixes%20that%20won%E2%80%99t%20fix%20anything&pg=PA314#v=onepage&q=vouchers,%20charter%20schools,%20for-profit%20management%20schemes%20are%20all%20quick%20fixes%20that%20won%E2%80%99t%20fix%20anything&f=false\">he wrote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushing back against stricter regulations is the\u003ca href=\"https://www.ccsa.org/\"> California Charter Schools Association\u003c/a>, which represents most of the state’s charters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not for a second will I apologize for the growth of charters that are meeting the needs of parents and are contributing to lifting up our brown and black kids, our disadvantaged students and providing them a lifeline of opportunity for greater success in our great state,” Myrna Castrejón, president of CCSA, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-charter-school-data-enrollment-cost-teachers-unions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CALmatters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charter school sector is also commonly criticized for receiving large amounts of funding from corporate philanthropies like the Walton Family Foundation and the Gates Foundation, which have both poured millions into charter organizations across the country and strongly influenced education policy in a number of states, including California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/92dc914dd97c487a9b9aa4b006909a8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Associated Press investigation\u003c/a> found that philanthropists and their private foundations and charities have given almost half a billion dollars to state-level charter support organizations since 2006. California’s charter industry has been a major recipient of that funding, with donors contributing more than $100 million to the CCSA alone, according to the AP, money that the group has used to start up new schools throughout the state as well as lobby for charter-friendly legislation and push pro-charter candidates in local and statewide elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do charters have to follow the same rules as traditional schools, and how do they line up academically?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charters are largely unbeholden to school boards and school districts and most don’t have to a negotiate with teachers unions. They also generally have a lot more flexibility in terms of hiring, fundraising and allocating resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they still do have to follow some of the same state and federal academic requirements. Students in charters, for instance, have to take the same \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/re/qandasec6mar04.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statewide standardized tests\u003c/a> as those in traditional public schools based on Common Core State Standards. And similar to traditional California public schools, charters are required to be nonpartisan in all aspects of their operations, including academic programming, admissions and employment. They can’t charge tuition or discriminate against any student on the basis of gender, ethnicity, country of origin or disability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter critics, however, argue that oversight is often lax in many charter schools, and some deliberately attract higher-performing students. That position was supported by \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/2rKinzE\">a 2017 study\u003c/a> of charter schools in Oakland, which found that charters there tend to enroll students who are more academically prepared than students who attend district-run schools, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2017/oakland-charters-more-likely-to-enroll-higher-performing-students-than-district-schools/583582\">giving those schools an edge\u003c/a> when compared academically. The study also found that while charters in Oakland receive less public funding than do district schools, they serve a much lower percentage of students with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, there’s little evidence suggesting that charter schools, on average, have higher academic performance rates than traditional public schools. Much depends on the individual school and district.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do you start a charter?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Anyone — a parent, teacher, student, educational organization, etc. — can create and circulate a charter petition to start a new charter school or convert a traditional school. As detailed in\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=EDC&division=4.&title=2.&part=26.8.&chapter=2.&article=\"> California’s Education Code\u003c/a>, the petition must include a description of the school’s structure and student performance expectations, as well as an outline of the operational and management procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The petition needs to be signed by either the equivalent of half the number of teachers expected to work at the school during its first year or by the parents or guardians of half the number of students expected to enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School boards are expected to approve charters in their district unless it can be clearly demonstrated that the plan is educationally unsound. The fiscal impact of the charter can’t be considered in the decision — one of the rules that some legislators are now trying to upend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a local district denies a charter, petitioners can appeal to the county board of education and eventually to the State Board of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter schools are approved for up to five years, with subsequent five-year renewals. Charters can be revoked if financial mismanagement occurs, or if the school fails to adhere to the terms of the original charter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that students in California charter schools have to take the California High School Exit Exam and that charters are ranked based on the statewide Academic Performance Index. Both of those measures have since been phased out for all schools in California. Charter school and traditional public school students must now participate in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sa/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smarter Balanced Assessment System\u003c/a> based on Common Core State Standards.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the recent school walkouts in Oakland and Los Angeles, striking teachers and their unions took particular aim at charter schools, accusing them of stripping traditional public schools of crucial resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both cities have higher concentrations of students enrolled in charters than nearly anywhere else in California. And in the deals that ultimately ended the two labor disputes, each district agreed to consider moratoriums on new charters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s school board, which hasn’t approved any new charters in several years, is expected to vote this week on whether to officially suspend the approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last two decades, Oakland has been a veritable charter boomtown: There are now \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousdcharters.net/charters-authorized-in-oakland.html\">45 charter schools\u003c/a> attended by about 30 percent of the city’s K-12 students, up from 13 charters in 2003. Largely as a result, the district lost about 17,000 students in those 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first charter school in Oakland, and one of the first in the California, opened in 1993 in the Fruitvale neighborhood, just a year after the state Legislature gave charters the green light. Oakland’s public school system had long struggled academically and financially, and with residents eager for better educational options for their children, the city became fertile ground for new charters to take root.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fueled by a large influx of outside funding from wealthy donors and a succession of charter-friendly district superintendents and city and state officials, new charter schools in Oakland proliferated, particularly in the decade after 2000, when the number of charter schools in the city more than tripled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11732119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/enrollment_-_oakland_schools-final.gif\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11732119\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/enrollment_-_oakland_schools-final.gif\" alt=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/18der2D2inCn9SpWtnc1MbGB_mLCDjIwbwATf1qtKz8E/edit\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graphic: A steady decrease in public school enrollment is matched by a similar steady increase in charter school enrollment. \u003ccite>(Elena Lacey/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/9e6db336-6bf3-410c-a22b-8b125f6dc07d?src=embed\" title=\"Copy: Oakland Small Schools\" width=\"800\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while certainly not the sole cause of Oakland Unified’s perennial budget woes, the rise of charters is a factor that has undeniably contributed to the district’s fiscal distress. Because OUSD receives per-pupil state funding, having fewer students means a lot less money for the district, even as its school building and administrative costs remain roughly the same. The Los Angeles and Oakland teachers unions frequently cite a 2018 report by the left-leaning Bay Area policy center, In The Public Interest, estimating that charter growth cost \u003cu>\u003ca href=\"http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/ITPI_LAUSDCharters_PolicyBrief_May2016.pdf\">L.A. Unified \u003c/a>\u003c/u>more than $508 million in 2014-15 and \u003cu>\u003ca href=\"https://www.inthepublicinterest.org/report-the-cost-of-charter-schools-for-public-school-districts/\">Oakland Unified \u003c/a>\u003c/u>$57 million in 2016-17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter school advocates, though, are quick to dismiss the report as blatantly biased, noting that IPI is affiliated with the Partnership for Working Families, whose funders include organized labor. They say that charters are being unfairly scapegoated, and argue that these schools fill a dire need for educational alternatives in many underserved communities, where traditional public schools have largely failed to provide students with the quality education they deserve. Charter schools offer parents and students more choices, which they contend is an inherently good thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters also argue that charters offer a more innovative, customized approach to learning for many students, particularly those in low-income communities, who might otherwise fall through the cracks in traditional public schools. Charters, they say, provide greater academic and financial autonomy and have more direct accountability to the communities they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After two decades of rapid, largely unchecked growth throughout the state, charter schools are now a flashpoint in the debate over the fate of public education in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of his pledge to bring “long overdue” transparency and accountability measures to California’s charter schools, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126\">new legislation\u003c/a> in early March, requiring them to adhere to the same conflict-of-interest and open-meeting rules as their traditional counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move marks a departure from the lighter-touch approach taken by his charter school-friendly predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown, who twice vetoed similar legislation — and as mayor of Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2019/until-the-end-gov-brown-opposes-more-data-collection-and-charter-school-regulation/606684\">helped launch two charter schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 126 is just the first of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11731298/common-sense-regulations-or-an-extended-middle-finger-how-far-will-california-go-on-charter-schools\">cascade of new bills\u003c/a> introduced by lawmakers that would subject the state’s more than 1,300 charter schools to an increased level of scrutiny and cap their growth statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So let’s take a step back. What exactly are charter schools? And how did they establish such a strong and controversial foothold within California’s education system?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The basic gist\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charter schools are publicly funded but privately run K-12 schools that are tuition-free. They are considered part of the public school system, although not subject to some of the rules and oversight of traditional schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each of California’s roughly 1,300 charter schools has its own specific goals and operating procedures as laid out in an original proposal (“charter”) that’s been approved by the school district, or the county or state board of education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many charter schools in California are run independently and got their start through grassroots community organizing efforts. A significant number, though, are overseen by large groups, known as charter management organizations, which operate multiple schools and often receive hefty funding from affluent charter boosters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the larger, more well-known of these organizations have expanded to other states, including \u003ca href=\"http://www.kipp.org/\">Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://aspirepublicschools.org/\">Aspire Public Schools\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://greendot.org/\">Green Dot Public Schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While conventional public schools generally serve students who live within specific geographic zones, most charters are known as “schools of choice,” meaning that anyone can attend, regardless of home address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of charter teachers — \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2018/12/nations_first_charter_school_strike_ended.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upward of 90 percent\u003c/a> — don’t belong to a union. Teachers can technically vote to join one, and some have, including the roughly 600 teachers and counselors at Green Dot Schools, who are part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.amuanimo.org/\">Asociación de Maestros Unidos\u003c/a>, a California Teachers Association/National Education Association affiliate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until recently, California’s charter schools could be run by both nonprofit and for-profit organizations, as they are in many other states around the country. That changed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under a 2018 state law\u003c/a>, which banned new for-profit charters. Prior to the law’s enactment, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/09/18/california-gov-brown-signs-bill-banning-for-profit-charter-schools-will-it-really-do-that/?utm_term=.3ff28d863045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five for-profit groups operated roughly 35 schools\u003c/a> statewide. The law, which takes effect July 1, allows schools currently run or managed by for-profit companies to remain open as long as they switch to nonprofit management when their charters are up for renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When did charter schools start in California … and why?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 1992 the state Legislature passed the\u003ca href=\"http://www.dhcs.ca.gov/provgovpart/Documents/sb_1448_bill_chaptered.pdf\"> Charter Schools Act (SB 1448)\u003c/a>, making California the second state in the nation (after Minnesota) to allow public charters. The law’s stated intent was to “provide opportunities for teachers, parents, pupils, and community members to establish and maintain schools that operate independently from the existing school district structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial law limited the total number of charters in the state to 100, and no more than 10 per school district (except Los Angeles, which was allowed 20) — a cap soon scrapped by subsequent legislation. Funding would “follow the student” after leaving a traditional public school. In 1993, \u003ca href=\"https://scclc.net/\">San Carlos Charter Learning Center\u003c/a>, an elementary school in San Mateo County, became the first charter school in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter schools in California got a more solid footing after \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/as/proposition39.asp\">voters passed Proposition 39 in 2000\u003c/a>, requiring school districts to make facilities available to charter schools that serve students who live within the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, their numbers have skyrocketed, with steady, rapid growth across the state, which has only recently begun to slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”Chart:\" aria-describedby=\"”Only\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-WYs07″\" src=\"%E2%80%9D//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/WYs07/6/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”332″>\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>With more than 600,000 students in the state’s roughly 1,300 charters schools – about 10 percent of all public school students statewide – California leads the nation in both the number of charters and the number of students attending them (although states like Arizona, Florida and Utah have higher percentages).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re often started in traditionally low-income school districts, as smaller, locally controlled alternatives to underperforming neighborhood schools. Los Angeles and the Bay Area, particularly Oakland, have some of the highest concentrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”Map:\" aria-describedby=\"”The\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-bPbYB”\" src=\"%E2%80%9D//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/bPbYB/8/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”400″>\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>As recently as the mid-1970s, California’s public school system was regarded as among the best in the nation, and the state, not coincidentally, also had one of the nation’s highest per-pupil spending rates. Then, largely as a result of a series of statewide tax measures — namely Proposition 13 — funding quickly slowed to a trickle, and in many districts across the state, the quality of public schools followed suit. Today, California \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/jan/17/delaine-eastin/does-california-rank-41st-student-spending-no-1-pr/\">ranks a dismal 41st nationally \u003c/a>in per-pupil public school spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who are some big supporters and opponents?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite the generally friendly reception charter schools have received in California over the last two decades, particularly by key state leaders like Gov. Jerry Brown and his predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, they’ve also faced strong resistance from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cta.org/\">California Teachers Association\u003c/a> and the local district-level unions it represents. The CTA has consistently lobbied lawmakers to limit their growth and require greater accountability, an effort that seems to now be bearing fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interestingly, one of the earliest boosters of the concept of charter schools was Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who \u003ca href=\"https://reuther.wayne.edu/files/64.43.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the late 1980s\u003c/a> promoted the idea of creating experimental schools that would be better equipped to accommodate students who had failed in their traditional schools. Just five years later, however, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charter-schools-are-leading-to-an-unhealthy-divide-in-american-education/2018/06/22/73430df8-7016-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe_story.html?utm_term=.f3de9ff27b0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he publicly renounced the idea\u003c/a>, arguing that it had been adopted by anti-union businesses seeking profits. “Vouchers, charter schools, for-profit management schemes are all quick fixes that won’t fix anything,” \u003ca title=\"books.google.com\" href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=dxsFuYUCKcoC&lpg=PA314&ots=pkEjpi111m&dq=vouchers%2C%20charter%20schools%2C%20for-profit%20management%20schemes%20are%20all%20quick%20fixes%20that%20won%E2%80%99t%20fix%20anything&pg=PA314#v=onepage&q=vouchers,%20charter%20schools,%20for-profit%20management%20schemes%20are%20all%20quick%20fixes%20that%20won%E2%80%99t%20fix%20anything&f=false\">he wrote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushing back against stricter regulations is the\u003ca href=\"https://www.ccsa.org/\"> California Charter Schools Association\u003c/a>, which represents most of the state’s charters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not for a second will I apologize for the growth of charters that are meeting the needs of parents and are contributing to lifting up our brown and black kids, our disadvantaged students and providing them a lifeline of opportunity for greater success in our great state,” Myrna Castrejón, president of CCSA, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/california-charter-school-data-enrollment-cost-teachers-unions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told CALmatters\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charter school sector is also commonly criticized for receiving large amounts of funding from corporate philanthropies like the Walton Family Foundation and the Gates Foundation, which have both poured millions into charter organizations across the country and strongly influenced education policy in a number of states, including California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/92dc914dd97c487a9b9aa4b006909a8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 Associated Press investigation\u003c/a> found that philanthropists and their private foundations and charities have given almost half a billion dollars to state-level charter support organizations since 2006. California’s charter industry has been a major recipient of that funding, with donors contributing more than $100 million to the CCSA alone, according to the AP, money that the group has used to start up new schools throughout the state as well as lobby for charter-friendly legislation and push pro-charter candidates in local and statewide elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do charters have to follow the same rules as traditional schools, and how do they line up academically?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Charters are largely unbeholden to school boards and school districts and most don’t have to a negotiate with teachers unions. They also generally have a lot more flexibility in terms of hiring, fundraising and allocating resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they still do have to follow some of the same state and federal academic requirements. Students in charters, for instance, have to take the same \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cs/re/qandasec6mar04.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statewide standardized tests\u003c/a> as those in traditional public schools based on Common Core State Standards. And similar to traditional California public schools, charters are required to be nonpartisan in all aspects of their operations, including academic programming, admissions and employment. They can’t charge tuition or discriminate against any student on the basis of gender, ethnicity, country of origin or disability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter critics, however, argue that oversight is often lax in many charter schools, and some deliberately attract higher-performing students. That position was supported by \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/2rKinzE\">a 2017 study\u003c/a> of charter schools in Oakland, which found that charters there tend to enroll students who are more academically prepared than students who attend district-run schools, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2017/oakland-charters-more-likely-to-enroll-higher-performing-students-than-district-schools/583582\">giving those schools an edge\u003c/a> when compared academically. The study also found that while charters in Oakland receive less public funding than do district schools, they serve a much lower percentage of students with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, there’s little evidence suggesting that charter schools, on average, have higher academic performance rates than traditional public schools. Much depends on the individual school and district.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do you start a charter?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Anyone — a parent, teacher, student, educational organization, etc. — can create and circulate a charter petition to start a new charter school or convert a traditional school. As detailed in\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=EDC&division=4.&title=2.&part=26.8.&chapter=2.&article=\"> California’s Education Code\u003c/a>, the petition must include a description of the school’s structure and student performance expectations, as well as an outline of the operational and management procedures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The petition needs to be signed by either the equivalent of half the number of teachers expected to work at the school during its first year or by the parents or guardians of half the number of students expected to enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School boards are expected to approve charters in their district unless it can be clearly demonstrated that the plan is educationally unsound. The fiscal impact of the charter can’t be considered in the decision — one of the rules that some legislators are now trying to upend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a local district denies a charter, petitioners can appeal to the county board of education and eventually to the State Board of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charter schools are approved for up to five years, with subsequent five-year renewals. Charters can be revoked if financial mismanagement occurs, or if the school fails to adhere to the terms of the original charter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Stanford's now-fired sailing coach John Vandemoer was among the 50 people charged in a nationwide college admissions bribery scheme last week. His name is among the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13852765/u-s-accuses-actresses-others-of-fraud-in-massive-college-admissions-scandal\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">14 Bay Area residents on that list\u003c/a> who were accused and indicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsey Rosston, a junior at Stanford, said she found out about the university's role in the scandal when she received an email from the school's independent student publication, The Fountain Hopper, while in the middle of her economics class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35991__M6A0086-qut-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"Stanford junior Lindsay Rosston is working on a major in economics and a minor in education. She said she learned of the cheating scandal through the school's student newspaper.\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733886\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35991__M6A0086-qut-800x512.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35991__M6A0086-qut-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35991__M6A0086-qut-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35991__M6A0086-qut-1200x768.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35991__M6A0086-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stanford junior Lindsay Rosston is working on a major in economics and a minor in education. She said she learned of the cheating scandal through the school's student newspaper. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Immediately everyone was looking up what happened. There was a girl actually on the sailing team so it was very dramatic,\" she said, \"and eventually I looked it up and found the names of the people who were involved. I had gone to middle school and elementary school with one of them. So that was interesting.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"The College Admissions Scandal\" tag=\"college-admissions-scandal\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s pretty disturbing in a few ways that this is happening at such amazing schools, and that it was covered up for so long,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 2018 graduate Omar Soh, the news came as no surprise. He explained that it \"doesn’t seem particularly unique in the scheme of how people use money to have access to these schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On a larger scale, I think it’s fundamentally no different from the way people with the resources can afford various prep services and other things that essentially give people a leg up in admissions anyway,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soh grew up in Senegal and found the journey to receiving his computer science degree at Stanford a challenge. He learned about the university in his senior year in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There weren’t many resources available in terms of test prep or the admissions process, so it was altogether a fairly stressful thing as I’m sure it is for a lot of people that apply. But there was no outline of steps to take. I was figuring it out on my own or with a small group of people who were also figuring it out and didn’t know what was happening,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733911\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-800x472.jpg\" alt=\"Omar Soh said he didn't have much guidance when he applied to Stanford. "I was figuring it out on my own or with a small group of people who were also figuring it out and didn’t know what was happening," he said.\" width=\"800\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733911\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-800x472.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-160x94.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-1020x601.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-1200x708.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Soh said he didn't have much guidance when he applied to Stanford. \"I was figuring it out on my own or with a small group of people who were also figuring it out and didn’t know what was happening,\" he said. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like Soh, another student recalled challenges of getting into Stanford. The PhD graduate, who wished to remain anonymous, is a first generation Syrian-American, and said it was hard navigating through the college system having gone to a \"barebones\" high school without many resources and guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bigger issue for me growing up was actually going to CAL [UC Berkeley], because it was like no one had really gone to a university in my family. So by the time I got into CAL, it was a matter of how do I survive? How do I navigate that where I didn’t have people who had done it before,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-800x589.jpg\" alt='A PhD graduate who wished to remain anonymous came to Stanford after attending one of the University of California school system institutions. \"I think just starting a conversation is a good thing, because this has been pretty much a known fact,\" he said.' width=\"800\" height=\"589\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733940\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-1020x751.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-1200x884.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1.jpg 1738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A PhD graduate who wished to remain anonymous came to Stanford after attending one of the University of California school system institutions. \"I think just starting a conversation is a good thing, because this has been pretty much a known fact,\" he said. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bribery scheme and the lawsuit following it are just hitting the surface of something bigger, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Coming from a public school, specifically the UCs, and just seeing the difference between the level of affluence at Stanford versus the public schools, none of this is shocking to me. But I think it’s probably endemic of something bigger which is just massive amounts of inequality,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just the tip of the iceberg.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A sophomore student, who also wanted to stay anonymous, made similar speculations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, I kind of do question whether or not my peers got in for the right reasons. It’s made me a little bit more aware of the people that are at Stanford, but I don’t think it shaped my view of Stanford’s administration,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I come from a middle-class background and I don’t receive as many resources as a person who’s coming from a low-income background. However, these high-income students are buying their way in. So I guess what I’m seeking is a more productive conversation about inequalities. But long term, I’m quite cynical. I don’t see anything changing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This Stanford student, who wished to be anonymous, will be graduating in 2021. She found out about the bribing scheme and the student lawsuit from a letter Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne sent out to the school body.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733957\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Stanford student, who wished to be anonymous, will be graduating in 2021. She found out about the bribing scheme and the student lawsuit from a letter Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne sent out to the school body. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rosston said her younger brother is anxiously awaiting to hear back from college admissions and thinks the pressure to get into top universities and need for a critical discussion about admissions has only mounted. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is so sad right now,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many of these students now feel like they aren’t up to par with where their parents think they should be going, and they actually have to falsify something to get into the right college. There’s like this huge pressure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the varying experiences Stanford students have had in getting into competitive universities like Stanford, one persisting hope for the ongoing class action lawsuit filed by Stanford and other college students is the chance for conversation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I hope this leads to a broader discussion about why such universities act as massive hedge funds and cash cows,\" the PhD graduate said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This [case] is one tiny little thing that just came out, but pretty much the whole system is like that...It’s aristocracy perpetuating itself,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s pretty disturbing in a few ways that this is happening at such amazing schools, and that it was covered up for so long,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 2018 graduate Omar Soh, the news came as no surprise. He explained that it \"doesn’t seem particularly unique in the scheme of how people use money to have access to these schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On a larger scale, I think it’s fundamentally no different from the way people with the resources can afford various prep services and other things that essentially give people a leg up in admissions anyway,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soh grew up in Senegal and found the journey to receiving his computer science degree at Stanford a challenge. He learned about the university in his senior year in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There weren’t many resources available in terms of test prep or the admissions process, so it was altogether a fairly stressful thing as I’m sure it is for a lot of people that apply. But there was no outline of steps to take. I was figuring it out on my own or with a small group of people who were also figuring it out and didn’t know what was happening,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733911\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-800x472.jpg\" alt=\"Omar Soh said he didn't have much guidance when he applied to Stanford. "I was figuring it out on my own or with a small group of people who were also figuring it out and didn’t know what was happening," he said.\" width=\"800\" height=\"472\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733911\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-800x472.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-160x94.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-1020x601.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1-1200x708.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35918__M6A0103-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Soh said he didn't have much guidance when he applied to Stanford. \"I was figuring it out on my own or with a small group of people who were also figuring it out and didn’t know what was happening,\" he said. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like Soh, another student recalled challenges of getting into Stanford. The PhD graduate, who wished to remain anonymous, is a first generation Syrian-American, and said it was hard navigating through the college system having gone to a \"barebones\" high school without many resources and guidance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bigger issue for me growing up was actually going to CAL [UC Berkeley], because it was like no one had really gone to a university in my family. So by the time I got into CAL, it was a matter of how do I survive? How do I navigate that where I didn’t have people who had done it before,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-800x589.jpg\" alt='A PhD graduate who wished to remain anonymous came to Stanford after attending one of the University of California school system institutions. \"I think just starting a conversation is a good thing, because this has been pretty much a known fact,\" he said.' width=\"800\" height=\"589\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733940\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-800x589.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-160x118.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-1020x751.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1-1200x884.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35922__M6A0094-qut-1.jpg 1738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A PhD graduate who wished to remain anonymous came to Stanford after attending one of the University of California school system institutions. \"I think just starting a conversation is a good thing, because this has been pretty much a known fact,\" he said. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bribery scheme and the lawsuit following it are just hitting the surface of something bigger, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Coming from a public school, specifically the UCs, and just seeing the difference between the level of affluence at Stanford versus the public schools, none of this is shocking to me. But I think it’s probably endemic of something bigger which is just massive amounts of inequality,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is just the tip of the iceberg.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A sophomore student, who also wanted to stay anonymous, made similar speculations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, I kind of do question whether or not my peers got in for the right reasons. It’s made me a little bit more aware of the people that are at Stanford, but I don’t think it shaped my view of Stanford’s administration,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I come from a middle-class background and I don’t receive as many resources as a person who’s coming from a low-income background. However, these high-income students are buying their way in. So I guess what I’m seeking is a more productive conversation about inequalities. But long term, I’m quite cynical. I don’t see anything changing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11733957\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This Stanford student, who wished to be anonymous, will be graduating in 2021. She found out about the bribing scheme and the student lawsuit from a letter Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne sent out to the school body.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11733957\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/03/RS35916__M6A0119-qut-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This Stanford student, who wished to be anonymous, will be graduating in 2021. She found out about the bribing scheme and the student lawsuit from a letter Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne sent out to the school body. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rosston said her younger brother is anxiously awaiting to hear back from college admissions and thinks the pressure to get into top universities and need for a critical discussion about admissions has only mounted. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is so sad right now,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many of these students now feel like they aren’t up to par with where their parents think they should be going, and they actually have to falsify something to get into the right college. There’s like this huge pressure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the varying experiences Stanford students have had in getting into competitive universities like Stanford, one persisting hope for the ongoing class action lawsuit filed by Stanford and other college students is the chance for conversation. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I hope this leads to a broader discussion about why such universities act as massive hedge funds and cash cows,\" the PhD graduate said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This [case] is one tiny little thing that just came out, but pretty much the whole system is like that...It’s aristocracy perpetuating itself,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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