Who Authorizes

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WHO AUTHORIZES?

We’ve been spending a lot of time asking some important questions about how to keep providing high quality education opportunities: What role does innovation play? How should we measure school quality?

But it’s also important to stop and ask who is doing the work of authorizing.

TYPES OF AUTHORIZERS

LEGEND

LEA: Local Education Agency
SEA: State Education Agency
ICB: Independent Chartering Board
HEI: Higher Education Institution
NFP: Nonprofit Organization
NEG: Non-Educational Government Entity


FIGURE 01

NUMBER OF AUTHORIZERS
NUMBER AUTHORIZERS


FIGURE 02

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PER AUTHORIZER

AVERAGE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PER AUTHORIZER


FIGURE 03
PROPORTION OF SCHOOLS BY AUTHORIZER TYPE
PROPORTION OF SCHOOLS OVERSEEN BY TYPE

After several decades of charter schooling and authorizing, authorizing continues to
grow, mature, &
professionalize

Read more about what great authorizers do differently to achieve stellar outcomes.