No major, national charter management organization operates in New Mexico. But though state law prohibits for-profit companies from running charter schools, it does not preclude a large nonprofit from entering the market, according to Lisa Grover, senior director for state advocacy in New Mexico for the Washington, D.C.-based National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
Surprised to read that there’s a state law in NM prohibiting for-profit companies from running charter schools. AFAIK, the New America schools, of which there is one in Las Cruces and one in Albuquerque and 3 in Colorado, is run by a for-profit company. “Run by” might have several different meanings? For example, a for profit holding company, might contain a non profit charter school corporation. It can get complicated.
In any event, the prospect of another charter school organization entering NM, with extremely high educational goals and results, may bring new perspectives and methods for education here . In PSA’s view, that is the intended benefit of having charter schools: a place where innovation and new ways of doing things can be pushed ahead, and perfected. Which then provides the larger public school system with opportunities for implementing those changes for all students.
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