Recently, in an attempt to learn more about the different kinds of charter schools and the hope they represent, I made a couple of field trips. The first was to the Taj Mahal for a meeting in one of the big rooms of the superintendent's suite. It was sort of a briefing for folks who are interested in starting charter schools or charter programs under the HISD umbrella. YES, charter schools provide models of educational excellence and innovation. The administration believes that the expansion of such models will help to foster widespread educational reform throughout all Houston schools.
Money is one reason.
I don't understand why, but assume it is because a big school district would have a lot of costs that a tiny charter school wouldn't. Like that PR consultant the superintendent hired a little while ago, for example. A little charter school likely would not need a PR consultant to help educate its students. The director without an office is Dr. Dianne Mancus. Used to be a college professor.