Opinion
Greater local control over charter schools
The Orange County School of the Arts, a charter school. (Photo: Lunasee Studios, via Shutterstock)OPINION: The story of the Paramount Collegiate Academy’s demise is important because it spotlights an alarming trend: California’s state board is approving charter schools that were denied by local decision makers at a high rate — 71 percent —and a number of those schools have failed, just like Paramount.