The urban school system of the future applying the principles and lessons of chartering new frontiers in education for more than two generations the traditional urban school system the district has utterly failed to do its job prepare its students for a lifetime of success. Source andy smarick the urban school system of the future applying the principles and lessons of chartering lanham md rl education october 2012 chester e finn jr scholar educator and public servant has devoted his career to improving education in the united states. The urban school system of the future argues that vastly better results can be realized through the creation of a new type of organization that properly manages a citys portfolio of schools using the revolutionary principles of chartering it will ensure that new schools are regularly created that great schools are expanded and replicated that persistently failing schools are closed and that families have access to an array of high quality options. The urban school system of the future argues that vastly better results can be realized through the creation of a new type of organization that properly manages a citys portfolio of schools using. Get this from a library the urban school system of the future applying the principles and lessons of chartering andy smarick