With magnet schools, charter schools, home schooling, the continued presence of private schools, and more and more choice
among regular public schools, there's just been an explosion of options in the past decade.
In Washington, DC, improvement
among regular public school students matched the national rate of improvement with an eight - point gain.
Not exact matches
Then, going after the charter supporters
among board members, Rumore says it's not clear to him why they seem more concerned with charter
schools than improving
regular public schools and he says that's supposed to be what board members do.
Making life more affordable for
regular New Yorkers and improving
public schools are
among top issues for Lancman, who has raised $ 427,849.
This would level the playing field
among private
schools, charters, and
regular public schools since government would no longer automatically be subsidizing the
regular public school sector.
Critics of charter
schools say,
among other complaints, that they drain money from
regular public schools, skim talented students and nudge out disruptive ones.
«The first national comparison of test scores
among children in charter
schools and
regular public schools shows charter
school students often doing worse than comparable students in
regular public schools,» read the opening sentence.
In fact, the variability
among charter
schools surpasses that of
regular public and private
schools.
Last year, the Office of Superintendent of
Public Instruction released resources to support districts and communities in spreading awareness
among families of the importance of
regular school attendance.
And the general consensus
among researchers is that, on average, charter
schools perform evenly with
regular public schools.
The first national comparison of test scores
among children in charter
schools and
regular public schools shows charter
school students often doing worse than comparable students in
regular public schools...
She said that
among the nearly 83,000 special education students in the district, most are already attending
regular public schools in their own classrooms.