Not exact matches
Here is what we know: students
in urban areas do significantly better
in school if they
attend a
charter schools than if they
attend a traditional public
school.
Nearly half of
charter -
school and district - choice -
school parents live
in urban areas, compared to one - third of private -
school parents and one - quarter of families whose children
attend assigned - district
schools.
Mr. West concludes that «
attending a
school of choice, whether private or
charter, is especially beneficial for minority students living
in urban areas.»
About 3 percent of the state's public -
school students now
attend both types of
charter schools, which are concentrated
in urban areas.
Leading Educators» programming is the backbone of an ambitious strategy to significantly increase academic achievement among lower income children who
attend the nearly 120 district,
charter, and religious
schools in the Greater Grand Rapids
urban area.