Who_PNQS 's_VBZ watching_VVG charter_NN1 schools_NN2 In_II its_APPGE Dec._NPM1 9_MC editorial_JJ ,_, "_" Learning_VVG about_II ethics_NN ,_, "_" The_AT Times_NNT2 calls_VVZ for_IF state_NN1 charter_NN1 school_NN1 laws_NN2 to_TO be_VBI "_" changed_VVN accordingly_RR "_" in_II31 relation_II32 to_II33 publicly_RR disclosing_VVG the_AT expenditures_NN2 of_IO taxpayers_NN2 '_GE money_NN1 ._. 
Readers_NN2 may_VM come_VVI away_RL with_IW the_AT impression_NN1 that_CST charter_NN1 operators_NN2 are_VBR subject_II21 to_II22 little_JJ accountability_NN1 compared_VVN to_II traditional_JJ public_JJ school_NN1 districts_NN2 ._. 
The_AT truth_NN1 is_VBZ that_DD1 charter_NN1 schools_NN2 are_VBR public_JJ schools_NN2 ,_, and_CC as_CSA with_IW any_DD other_JJ public_JJ entity_NN1 ,_, they_PPHS2 are_VBR already_RR required_VVN to_TO make_VVI information_NN1 available_JJ to_II the_AT public_NN1 ._. 
There_EX are_VBR mechanisms_NN2 ,_, laws_NN2 and_CC regulations_NN2 on_II public_JJ disclosure_NN1 already_RR in_II place_NN1 to_II which_DDQ charter_VV0 schools_NN2 must_VM adhere_VVI in_II31 terms_II32 of_II33 public_JJ reporting_NN1 and_CC transparency_NN1 ._. 
In_II other_JJ words_NN2 ,_, charters_NN2 are_VBR held_VVN to_II standards_NN2 much_RR like_II those_DD2 that_CST apply_VV0 to_II traditional_JJ public_JJ schools_NN2 and_CC districts_NN2 ._. 
Also_RR ,_, charter_NN1 schools_NN2 operated_VVN by_II non-profit_JJ entities_NN2 arguably_RR have_VH0 more_DAR disclosure_NN1 requirements_NN2 imposed_VVN on_II them_PPHO2 than_CSN traditional_JJ public_JJ schools_NN2 ,_, as_CSA they_PPHS2 must_VM also_RR comply_VVI with_IW the_AT requirements_NN2 of_IO non-profit_JJ corporation_NN1 law_NN1 ._. 
Take_VV0 ,_, for_REX21 example_REX22 ,_, the_AT IRS_NN1 Form_NN1 990_MC ,_, a_AT1 required_JJ federal_JJ filing_NN1 for_IF tax-exempt_JJ organizations_NN2 ._. 
Every_AT1 year_NNT1 ,_, non-profit_JJ entities_NN2 that_CST operate_VV0 charter_NN1 schools_NN2 must_VM file_VVI 990_MC forms_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ contain_VV0 detailed_JJ information_NN1 on_II corporate_JJ spending_NN1 ,_, governance_NN1 policy_NN1 and_CC leadership_NN1 compensation_NN1 ,_, among_II other_JJ things_NN2 ._. 
The_AT information_NN1 on_II these_DD2 forms_NN2 is_VBZ accessible_JJ to_II the_AT public_NN1 via_II the_AT non-profits_58 '_GE Web_NN1 sites_NN2 ._. 
Charter_NN1 schools_NN2 receive_VV0 additional_JJ layers_NN2 of_IO oversight_NN1 by_II public_JJ agencies_NN2 ._. 
Every_AT1 charter_NN1 is_VBZ authorized_VVN to_TO operate_VVI by_II a_AT1 public_JJ entity_NN1 such_II21 as_II22 a_AT1 school_NN1 district_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 county_NN1 office_NN1 of_IO education_NN1 or_CC the_AT California_NP1 State_NN1 Board_NN1 of_IO Education_NN1 ._. 
The_AT exhaustive_JJ information_NN1 these_DD2 agencies_NN2 collect_VV0 from_II charter_NN1 schools_NN2 are_VBR also_RR subject_II21 to_II22 public_NN1 access_NN1 regulations_NN2 ._. 
Public_JJ charter_NN1 schools_NN2 face_VV0 just_RR as_RG much_DA1 accountability_NN1 as_CSA any_DD other_JJ public_JJ entity_NN1 ._. 
Our_APPGE problems_NN2 are_VBR not_XX buried_VVN beneath_II bureaucracy_NN1 ,_, as_CSA the_AT problems_NN2 at_II Green_JJ Dot_NN1 that_CST have_VH0 recently_RR come_VVN to_II light_NN1 illustrate_VV0 ._. 
Our_APPGE issues_NN2 are_VBR brought_VVN to_II the_AT surface_NN1 and_CC dealt_VVN with_IW appropriately_RR ,_, proactively_RR ,_, judiciously_RR and_CC publicly_RR ._. 
The_AT success_NN1 of_IO charters_NN2 is_VBZ made_VVN possible_JJ in_RR21 part_RR22 by_II being_VBG free_JJ of_IO some_DD of_IO the_AT bureaucratic_JJ restraints_NN2 imposed_VVN on_II traditional_JJ public_JJ schools_NN2 ._. 
Charter_NN1 schools_NN2 have_VH0 every_AT1 incentive_NN1 to_TO maintain_VVI that_DD1 freedom_NN1 by_II being_VBG effective_JJ self-policers_NN2 in_II31 addition_II32 to_II33 complying_VVG with_IW the_AT accountability_NN1 measures_NN2 I_PPIS1 've_VH0 described_VVN ;_; the_AT situation_NN1 at_II Green_JJ Dot_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ The_AT Times_NNT2 '_GE editorial_NN1 describes_VVZ ,_, is_VBZ a_AT1 good_JJ example_NN1 ._. 
Green_JJ Dot_NN1 initiated_VVD an_AT1 internal_JJ review_NN1 of_IO expenses_NN2 and_CC as_II a_AT1 result_NN1 ,_, founder_NN1 Steve_NP1 Barr_NP1 repaid_VVD about_RG $51,000_NNU to_II his_APPGE organization_NN1 ._. 
Simply_RR stated_VVN ,_, charter_NN1 schools_NN2 work_VV0 well_RR and_CC are_VBR more_RRR able_JK to_TO do_VDI their_APPGE jobs_NN2 and_CC get_VV0 results_NN2 without_IW piling_VVG on_II additional_JJ layers_NN2 of_IO bureaucracy_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 anticipate_VV0 that_CST ,_, in_II the_AT future_NN1 ,_, charters_NN2 will_VM not_XX only_RR continue_VVI to_TO set_VVI new_JJ standards_NN2 in_II student_NN1 performance_NN1 ,_, but_CCB they_PPHS2 will_VM also_RR be_VBI an_AT1 example_NN1 for_IF taking_VVG decisive_JJ ,_, public_JJ action_NN1 when_RRQ problems_NN2 emerge_VV0 ._. 
In_II other_JJ words_NN2 :_: If_CS it_PPH1 's_VBZ not_XX broken_VVN ,_, there_EX 's_VBZ no_AT need_NN1 to_TO fix_VVI it_PPH1 ._. 
The_AT continuing_JJ differences_NN2 between_II industrialized_JJ and_CC developing_JJ nations_NN2 over_II who_PNQS should_VM bear_VVI the_AT burden_NN1 of_IO stopping_VVG global_JJ warming_NN1 mean_VV0 that_CST at_RR21 best_RR22 Copenhagen_NP1 will_VM be_VBI a_AT1 steppingstone_NN1 ._. 
This_DD1 does_VDZ not_XX make_VVI the_AT talks_NN2 between_II President_NNB Obama_NP1 and_CC President_NNB Hu_NP1 Jintao_NP1 of_IO China_NP1 any_DD less_DAR important_JJ ._. 
Even_RR an_AT1 interim_JJ agreement_NN1 will_VM be_VBI impossible_JJ without_IW enthusiastic_JJ participation_NN1 by_II both_DB2 countries_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ together_RL account_VV0 for_IF 40_MC percent_NNU of_IO greenhouse_NN1 gas_NN1 emissions_NN2 ._. 
