Posted on 01/07/2024 1:51:04 AM PST by Libloather
A new report shows that charter schools have made significant gains over the past four years.
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) last month revealed new data analysis over the past four years titled "Believing in Public Education: A Demographic and State-level Analysis of Public Charter School and District Public School Enrollment Trends."
The report showed an uptick in charter school enrollment from 2019 to 2023. More recently, charter school enrollment grew 2% while district enrollment plateaued. More precisely, charter school enrollment increased by 72,241 students while public school enrollment increased by only 7,458 students nationwide.
To explain further, the report said charter schools enrolled nearly 10 times the number of new students compared to district schools in the last school year.
"This represents meaningful growth for charter schools, especially considering that these unique public schools only serve 7.5% of the nation’s public school students," the NAPCS said in a news release about the report.
Furthermore, NAPCS reported more data that level charter schools with traditional public schools.
"Over the last four school years (2019-20 to 2022-23), charter schools gained more than 300,000 new students, an increase of 9%. Meanwhile, district public schools lost 1.5 million students at the beginning of the pandemic and enrollment has not rebounded over the past three years, creating a net loss of 3.5%," the report states.
Charter schools gained students between the 2019-20 and 2022-23 school years in nearly every state, particularly among Black and Hispanic students as they account for half of charter school enrollment growth and are the fastest-growing demographic since 2019.
Nina Rees, President and CEO of the NAPCS, added that "public charter schools remain a popular choice for families across the nation."
"Free, public, and open to all, charter schools deliver a high-quality choice in education and parents...
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Fire Cardona and make Dr. Carol Swain Sec. of Education. Randi needs to go too. Teachers should be standing up for the kids. Stop paying dues.
Choice is great, but remember charter schools are still publicly funded and offer no guarantee of success for your child. Parents need to do due diligence and just not assume.
Meanwhile, how many districts are padding enrollment numbers with ghost students...?
Parents and taxpayers ought to be demanding outside audits if districts.
This is another reason why the Democrats are importing illegal aliens
Yes, and your property taxes will go up to pay for the schooling of illegals.
Charter Schools are great, but homeschooling is better...
Indiana has adopted a school voucher program which, over the last 4 years, has contributed to a 1% decrease in public school enrollment and a 20% increase in attendance at private schools.
There is no difference in these “schools”.
Parents paying the bucks want their yard apes to get good grades, so they get them, no matter what.
We see them in the colleges and businesses unable to write, speak, or even think. Hey, but they all had great report cards!
The answer is November-get it? A national referendum in the form of a Contract. Put a stop to this nonsense. Unfortunately it may be too much too soon. A 1% dropout in Indiana isn’t good enough.
A voucher-based enrollment system would force the schools to adapt. it’s butts in the seats. Anybody remember the yearly forms that asked if the parents were ‘federally connected’? It was all about money. Hell to pay for those that didn’t return those forms.signed.
Teachers Unions and public school advocates are among the biggest promoters of open borders. They need the new bodies.
Horseheads School District reviewing “Athletic Placement Process” physicals
For athletic physicals kids are being told to lift their tops and/or drop their pants?!
They're clearly not checking for cardiac issues, are they...
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