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«In every single category, African - American students in charter schools scored higher than African - American students in traditional public schools in the same host districts,» Moorehouse said.

When focused on cities with large numbers of charter schools, these comparisons reliably show that African American students are more racially isolated in charter schools than in the districts as a whole — as are African American students in traditional public schools in the same neighborhoods.

Not exact matches

But a decade ago several trends in American education, and in the Catholic Church, made a Catholic - operated public school seem increasingly possible: 1) the traditional, parish - based Catholic school system, especially in the inner cities, was crumbling; 2) equally troubled urban public - school systems were failing to educate most of their students; and 3) a burgeoning charter school movement, born in the early 1990s, was beginning to turn heads among educators in both the private and public sectors.

A recent national study showed that African - American students in public charter schools gained an average of 36 extra days of reading and 26 extra days of math when compared to their traditional school peers.

So when the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation's second - largest teachers» union, published a study in August 2004 that found students at charter schools performing worse than their peers at traditional public schools, more than a few hopes were dashed.

In addition, using CCSA's own performance metric, the Similar Students Measure (SSM), charter public schools serving African American students were more than three times as likely as traditional public schools to consistently outperform their predicted performance in a single year and overtimIn addition, using CCSA's own performance metric, the Similar Students Measure (SSM), charter public schools serving African American students were more than three times as likely as traditional public schools to consistently outperform their predicted performance in a single year and oStudents Measure (SSM), charter public schools serving African American students were more than three times as likely as traditional public schools to consistently outperform their predicted performance in a single year and ostudents were more than three times as likely as traditional public schools to consistently outperform their predicted performance in a single year and overtimin a single year and overtime.

This study sought to answer the question, how effectively does Montessori instruction promote achievement for African American third grade students in reading and math, compared to similar traditional schools and other public school choice programs?

Our approach is paying off, as African - American and Latino student achievement is better than in traditional public schools on any comparison, be it by state, by district, and particularly by neighborhood.

Success Academy (SA) and the media blasted the News about the 17 students (out of 73 or more who started out in this group) that graduated from SA's first high school graduating class but do not mention the 31,400 African Americans that graduated with advanced regents and regents diplomas from New York City's traditional public schools.

By teaching civics in tandem with experiential learning, YES Prep teachers, more often than traditional public or private school teachers, were «very confident» that their students learned «[t] o be tolerant of people and groups who are different from themselves,» «[t] o understand concepts such as federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances,» and «[t] o develop habits of community service such as volunteering and raising money for causes,» according to 2010 American Enterprise Institute Program on American Citizenship survey.30 As a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communities.

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According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES 1999 - 2000), 27.3 % of the students in charter schools are African Americans, compared to 16.9 % percent in traditional public schools; 20.8 % percent are of Hispanic origin, compared to 14.9 % in traditional public schools, and 2.3 % are Native Americans, compared to 1.2 % in traditional schools.

These results are highlighted in CCSA's Chartering and Choice as an Achievement Gap - Closing Reform: The Success of California Charter Schools in Promoting African American Achievement, which shows that, overall, charter schools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public sSchools in Promoting African American Achievement, which shows that, overall, charter schools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public sschools in California are effectively accelerating the performance of African American public school students, and are earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide, in many urban districts and across all subjects when compared with traditional public schoolsschools.