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Standards and Charters: Horace Mann Meets Tinker Bell

The movement for education reform is currently moving on two distinct tracks. One emphasizes national policies, especially subject-area standards. The other focuses on local control and experimentation through restructuring and charters. This article examines some of the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy and their consistency with one another The suggestion here is that it is difficult to combine the contemporary rhetoric of national aims with the culture of belief-often found in charter schools-that is crucial to local reform. A more realistic view of reform would be less concerned with competitiveness or elaborate standards and, within a looser structure that includes charter schools, more concerned with basic skills and habits.