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Secretary Duncan tells charter schools to 'get much more serious about accountability'
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Reminding charter school operators that they "are public schools", U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told charter schools that "they should be held to the same standards as everyone else."
Duncan's remarks came in the fourth of his policy initiatives series. He has spoken to NEA about the changes and support the government envisions for education, and has suggested specifically higher standards for charter schools.
Other remarks about charters from Duncan's speech:
"charter schools they need to police themselves or their progress will be stalled"
"charter school operators and authorizers to get much more serious about accountability. They must not protect third-rate charters. Those schools need too close."
"Charter schools are public schools and they should be held to the same standards as everyone else."
Duncan praised Mastery Charters in Philadelphia, saying, the system "is a different turnaround model and we need that as well. There is so much urgency and so much need in under-performing schools that we can't impede successful models like these."
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