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Critics want reprieve for some charters: Moratorium also would halt promising schools.

The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)

| April 09, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Columbus Dispatch. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jennifer Smith Richards

Apr. 9--Surely we're allowed to start new charter schools, the school districts say. And surely, some charter leaders say, Gov. Ted Strickland doesn't mean to squelch the expansion of successful programs. But they are wrong. To current and would-be charter schools, Strickland's proposed moratorium is a terrible response to his concern that there isn't enough oversight of the publicly funded but often privately run schools. The moratorium wouldn't stop only those charters. It also would shut out school districts -- including Gahanna, South-Western and Worthington -- that want to open their own charter schools. It might…

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