Autonomy, Accountability, and the Values of Public Education
December 1996
Marc Dean Millot
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This report was written for a very specialized audience—individuals considering the passage or amendment of charter school legislation, including: state legislators; policymakers in state education agencies; and the legislative staffs of such interest groups as teachers unions, parent-teacher associations, business groups involved in public education, and state associations of superintendents and school board members. Charter school applicants and operators may profit from the report's discussion of issues affecting a school's autonomy and accountability, but the report is intended to analyze and improve charter school legislation. The research on which this report is based was funded by the New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) and The RAND Institute for Education and Training (IET) project on School Reform Strategy, a systems analysis of innovation in the governance of public education.
