Evaluate whether charter schools are becoming segregated
Delaware students and families can choose to attend any public school in the country, making our system one of the only comprehensive public school choice programs in the country. We are ranked 3rd in the country in the percentage of children who attend
charter schools. After over a decade of operation for both programs, I will ensure the following evaluations are made:
Are the programs working as intended or not?
Are school choice and charter schools helping or hurting the ability of existing
public school districts to offer quality programs?
Are the Charter schools and public schools becoming “segregated?”
How do we deal with construction financing for charter schools?
We need to seriously review how well charter schools are
inter-district transfers are serving the needs of all Delaware families. And we need parents to understand their options for utilizing charter schools--a deficit identified in Opportunity Knocks.
Source: Campaign website, www.markell.org, “Issues”
Nov 4, 2008
