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Under the District of Columbia Public Charter School Board’s (PCSB) watch, DC’s charter sector and schools have greatly improved student performance, school quality, and citywide access to high quality seats in recent years.〔DC Public Charter School Board. "Executive Summary: Transforming Public Education in the Nation’s Capital." Scribd.com. N.p., 22 Oct. 2014. Web.〕 PCSB is the only government agency in the District of Columbia with the authority to approve schools, oversee schools while in operation, and revoke school charters if they fail to meet their performance goals. PCSB currently oversees 62 nonprofits that operate 115 public charter schools serving more than 39,000 or 44% of all DC public school students. PCSB gives DC public charter schools a high degree of flexibility in exchange for accountability for results, and encourages schools to exhibit fidelity by requiring schools to remain faithful to their status as public schools and responsibility to educate all students equitably. Through a multi-faceted approach, PCSB has developed a model of authorization and oversight that has improved the quality of Washington, DC’s charter school sector and led to DC public charter school students making significant learning gains. According to the CREDO study, the average student enrolled in a Washington, DC public charter school receives an educational benefit equivalent to 99 extra days of school per year compared to his or her peers attending the city’s traditional public schools. ==History== PCSB was created in 1996 by the District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995 as a second, independent authorizer of public charter schools in Washington, DC. In 2006, the DC Board of Education (BOE), which had served as the first charter authorizer since 1996, voted to relinquish its authorizing responsibilities. In 2007, the DC Council passed legislation to give the DC Mayor direct authority over the traditional public school system, and to transfer the oversight responsibility for the charter schools previously authorized by the BOE to PCSB. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「District of Columbia Public Charter School Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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