Monday, May 16, 2022

Hillsdale Takes on Biden's DOE

So well-educated are the students, and so impressed are the parents, that Hillsdale claims to have over 8,000 students nationally on waiting lists to attend these schools, where admittance is typically determined through a lottery system.

To curb this, the rule sets new requirements for every would-be charter school: Applicants must propose a school that will be implemented with meaningful and ongoing engagement with current and former "Educators," including in "Founding the school, board governance, school-level decision-making related to curriculum and instruction, and day-to-day operations of the school." To demonstrate how it will meet this requirement, applicants must also provide the DOE with a plan accompanied by a timetable and milestones.

Applicant charter schools must also provide the DOE a letter from each partnering public school demonstrating the public school's commitment to participate in the proposed collaboration.

Kathleen O'Toole, assistant provost for K-12 education at Hillsdale College, heads up the college's charter school initiative.

The DOE governs charter schools through CSP grants, which are the first infusion of funding a new charter receives in order to buy desks, books, and any supplies needed to start teaching.

Hillsdale can do this because it is entirely privately funded, and the support it offers to charter schools across the country is free of charge.

"The only reason why a school would work with Hillsdale is that a group of parents or community members have found out about Hillsdale classical schools and said 'We want to start one of these.' The whole thing begins with parents and community involvement, and cannot succeed without the time and talent of people in the community, who either send their kids to the school or are happy that it exists in their area."

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/hillsdale-takes-on-bidens-doe/ 

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