New Scrutiny for Sponsors of Charters

By Caroline Hendrie

In theory, the organizers of charter schools strike a simple deal with the people who grant them their charters: Cut us loose from red tape and see if we cut the mustard. If not, go ahead and shut us down.

But what happens when nobody holds those schools accountable?

That question—how to make sure that charter school authorizers hold up their end of the accountability bargain—is arising a lot lately as examples of...