Stanford U. Study finds PA. Charter School results are getting WORSE

[JPZenger]

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE95O04U20130625?irpc=932

"Charter schools across the United States have improved in recent years, but on average, they still offer little advantage over traditional public education, according to a new study released on Tuesday.

... But charter students in Nevada, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Texas and Arizona lost significant ground.

Critics, including unionized teachers, often complain that charters skim the most motivated and disciplined students, leaving traditional public schools with those who are the toughest to reach. The CREDO analysis found charters in the 26 states studied enrolled significantly fewer special-needs students and children not fluent in English than neighborhood schools around them, but about the same number of students in poverty."


The study guessed that the average results for charter schools in some other states had greatly improved because those other states had shut down the worst charter schools. This particular study did not look at cybercharters, but a previous Stanford study did not show good results on the average from cybers.

[life long demo]

1. Our traditional public schools need the money

going to Charters. I am not in favor of charter schools.

[vinny9698]

2. The Charter School movement is about breaking up teacher's unions

They could care less about education is all about money and breaking unions.