CEI has been helping create and develop effective charter schools since the advent of charter legislation in the late 1990s. (the-cei.org)
A higher - or lower - than - expected high - school dropout rate has no clear relationship to the passage or strength of charter legislation, but does, interestingly, have a strong relationship with charter school participation. (educationnext.org)
One potential explanation for this finding is that black voters, being heavily concentrated in the Democratic Party, are not traditionally swing voters who could influence state legislators» positions on charter legislation. (educationnext.org)