Posted on 06/12/2023 8:27:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
Charter schools in the US are significantly outperforming their traditional-public-school peers across the nation — and by particularly large margins in New York City and other urban areas, an extensive new study reveals.
“This is not a fluke,” said Margaret Macke Raymond, director of the prestigious Stanford University Center for Research on Educational Outcomes, which performed the study. “The charter-school sector has improved across the country.
“The New York results are among the best in the country,” she added.
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This should be the formula to regain inner city voters, it needs to be messaged.
A school of fish would outperform current most public schools.
I used to do homework for public school students. This was 1957 - 1960.
Sadly, as sad as the lack of progress in school reform over the past 30 years.
Before K-12 really got bad, arguably in the late 70's
The elite send their kids to Charter and private schools. Why are they so against us peons doing the same, I wonder?
A low info electorate is much easier to control.
There is a charter school down the street from my office in Nashua, NH. It is called the Academy of Science and Design.
It is the number one rated public high school in the state. It is even better than some private schools.
You have to pass a test to get in. The tuition is free to any NH resident. However, they only provide busing in the city of Nashua. So, every morning there is a line of cars of people dropping off their child at this school. There are no major sports programs except track. No football/soccer field. No hockey teams. No basketball/field hockey or lacrosse.
There are people that drive an hour or more to drop their kid off. I pass them every morning. I think every Asian family in the state is sending their kids to this school. At least that is the majority of the people I see in the vehicles in the morning waiting to make a U Turn to get into the school.
Children who learn to read attending public schools are really being taught at home.
Bookmarking. I want to read the Stanford study. The claim that more than 1,000 charter schools have closed the achievement gaps for minority and low-income kids is new to me. Exciting if true. Game, set and match.
I am in favor of full school choice, with parents empowered via vouchers and regular public schools, public charters, private schools and homeschooling families competing on a level playing field.
One of the analytical issues in comparing charters (and homeschooling and private schools) vs. regular public schools is sorting out the effects of self selection and ensuring that we’re comparing apples to apples. And communities are different. I live in DC. We have a handful of public schools that have turned to corner and that have strong middle and upper-middle class buying. (Gentrification has a lot to do with this.) DCPS as a whole, however, is still pretty grim. Middle and upper-middle class parents, if they don’t head to the ‘burbs, tend to choose charters or go private. Citywide, enrollment in charters and regular DCPS is roughly equal. DCPS is the default option/dumping ground for the dysfunctional and incompetent parents, but the neighborhood makes a huge difference. Identifying an appropriate control group for comparing schools’ performance gets tricky fast.
I HATE autocorrect. Buying = buy-in. I am perfectly capable of making my own typos. I don’t need a program’s help.
Yep.
Are they competing with Phillips Academy?
I do not think so
They are ranked against other “public” schools.
I believe Philips Exeter Academy is one of the highest rated prep schools in the country. IF not the world. It is also one of the most expensive. Along with Cushing Academy in central MA.
I believe the excellent results from inner cites can be quite illuminating - that’s the difference maker.
Because the state teacher’s unions say you must!
Thanks for posting!
They also disproportionally benefit minorities - something the Democrats simply cannot tolerate. A better educated populace is not something they can abide.
exactly, people thinking for themselves would potentially leave the reservation.
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