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District budgets are badly strained when many of their schools are under-enrolled. This is one of the biggest reasons that districts with growing charter enrollment hit financial hurdles. Meanwhile, charter schools can’t expand without access to facilities, and in a growing number of cities, suitable facilities are in very short supply. And alongside these challenges, the community backlash that often accompanies school closures and transformations makes addressing these all the more difficult.
At a recent CRPE gathering to discuss ways the two sectors can better cooperate, district leaders made a strong case that they need charters’ help. In this blog, Robin Lake and Alice Opalka explore the cross-sector politics of school closure as well as the responsibility for shared understanding and smart policy.
