This report does not focus on academic closures or
academically failing charter schools.
According to studies by the California Charter Schools Assn., a trade group that has lobbied to close
academically failing charters, the state has particularly uneven charter schools.
Not exact matches
And school boards can cancel
charters if the independently managed schools
fail to perform
academically or financially.
The lack of organic services becomes especially alarming as reports begin to show that cyber
charter schools have
failed academically, such as in Pennsylvania where not a single cyber
charter school met Annual Yearly Progress standards in 2011 — 2012.
In general, the notion that large numbers of
charter school students are
failing academically and would be a drag on the school district graduation rate if they were included in the rate appears to be unjustified.
As we know,
charter schools like to brag about their higher test scores, but traditionally use their recruitment process and «out migration» policies to push out less
academically proficient students and, almost across the board,
fail to take their fair share of non-English speaking students and students who require special education services.
Without explicit statement, Ripley's political alliances, mentors, and benefactors allude to her beliefs in a
failing American school system that can be rectified through selecting
academically talented teachers, increasing school spending, and promoting school choice in the form of
charter schools.