
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.com
Despite some mixed results, charter schools in the Oklahoma City school district generally are outperforming their traditional public school counterparts.
And that has district administrators taking notice.
Once perceived as a threat to other public schools because of their nontraditional methods, the success of the district's 13 charters, including five A's and three B's on the latest state-issued report cards, has prompted a desire for collaboration.
“There is a sense of common purpose between the district and the charters,” said Dave Lopez, the district's interim superintendent.
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