Ohio Goes After Charter Schools That Are Failing

Below-the-Fold Front Page Story on failing charters in Ohio. Over half of charters are getting a grade of D or F; apparently Ohio had a "wide-open" policy for opening charters, where lots of agencies were given authority to open schools, many of which had little educational credentials. The Attorney General of Ohio is suing to close three schools, and is investigating "dozens" of others.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio became a test tube for the nation’s charter school movement during a decade of Republican rule here, when a wide-open authorization system and plenty of government seed money led to the schools’ explosive proliferation.

But their record has been spotty. This year, the state’s school report card gave more than half of Ohio’s 328 charter schools a D or an F.