The Maryland State Board of Education on Tuesday reversed Montgomery County Public Schools' decision to reject two charter school applications, charging the local school board's members with holding biases against charter schools and calling a memo from Superintendent Jerry Weast "vague and, at best, confusing."
Moreover, the state says Montgomery's board failed to comply with its own evaluation process, cutting the charter applicants off from important feedback.
In a 17-page verdict, the state board found that the Montgomery school board "failed to provide any rationale for its decision" to reject an application from Global Gardens Public Charter School Inc. On the same basis, the state board overturned Montgomery's rejection of Crossway Community Inc.'s application and gave the local board 90 days to revisit those decisions.
Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/education/2011/01/md-overturns-montgomerys-rejection-charter-schools?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4d3f96345f7da8f2%2C0#ixzz1C6pABXTb
Good job, Maryland BoE. They put their finger right on it.
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