DALLAS — Some Texas public finance firms are choosing sides in the escalating battle
between traditional public school districts and charter schools.
Not exact matches
Research provides considerable evidence that such effects are significant in
public education — among small
public school districts,
between public schools and Catholic
schools, and
between traditional public schools and charter
schools.
The tight connection
between the different flavors of
school choice is highlighted in those
districts that deploy a common application for
public schools of all types — charter, magnet, and
traditional.
Also, 8
schools have been closed by state, demonstrating a fundamental difference
between public charter
schools and
traditional district schools.
Researchers examined the decade
between 2002 and 2012 because it was a period of rapid expansion of
public charter
schools and closures of
traditional district schools.
ublic charter
schools received significantly less funding than
traditional public schools in five cities, including the
District,
between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wednesday.
We need everyone's help with the fight to close the funding gap
between public charter
schools and
traditional school districts, as well as maintain the important freedoms and flexibility that charter
schools depend on to serve Texas students.
Julia Sass Rubin and Mark Weber of Rutgers University recently published a report (the first of a three part series, with two parts yet to come)[1] that examines enrollment differences
between public charter
schools and
traditional district schools in New Jersey.
Given the gap in fiscal and technical expertise
between traditional districts and independent LEAs,
public charter
school networks that multiply each
school's capacity and access to resources offer a promising strategy to scale equity and access for students with disabilities.
According to a recent EdChoice poll, if parents could choose
between public and private, only 33 percent would opt to send their child to a
traditional district school.
The gap
between traditional K - 12
public school special education enrollment and charter special education enrollment in LEA and LEA - like charter schools is only 1.5 % (LEA charter schools enroll 8.7 % of students with disabilities compared to 10.3 % statewide; LEA - like charter schools serve 10.2 % compared to 11.7 % in Los Angeles Unified School Dist
school special education enrollment and charter special education enrollment in LEA and LEA - like charter
schools is only 1.5 % (LEA charter
schools enroll 8.7 % of students with disabilities compared to 10.3 % statewide; LEA - like charter
schools serve 10.2 % compared to 11.7 % in Los Angeles Unified
School Dist
School District).
Study: Charters Get Less Funding Than
Traditional Public Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released
Traditional Public Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wedn
Public Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wed
Schools Public charter schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wedn
Public charter
schools received significantly less funding than traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wed
schools received significantly less funding than
traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released
traditional public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wedn
public schools in five cities, including the District, between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wed
schools in five cities, including the
District,
between 2007 and 2011, according to a new study released Wednesday.
The story of Next is unique in that it is the result of a mutually beneficial
public -
public partnership
between a charter
school and a
traditional school district.
Intensifying the heated political clash
between charter
schools and
traditional school districts is that overall spending on
public education, for all
schools, has fallen.
In fact, a new report out from The Center for Reinventing
Public Education, «A Balanced Look at American Charter
Schools in 2011,» argues that the relationship
between conventional
districts and charters is evolving «from a
traditional paradigm of opposition, competition, and indifference to a partnership based on trust and collaboration through a shared mission, shared resources, and shared responsibility.»
The base funding for
public education will grow substantially and will be the same for charter
schools as
district schools, greatly reducing the long standing funding inequity
between charter
public schools and
traditional district schools.
While a number of states have implemented policies and programs aimed at reducing inequities
between traditional district schools and charter
public schools, more can be done.
Facilities funding discrepancies
between traditional district schools and charter
public schools vary from state - to - state.
The
District's
public charter
schools have expelled students at a far higher rate than the city's
traditional public schools in recent years, according to
school data, highlighting a key difference
between two sectors that compete for the
District's students and taxpayer dollars.
Earlier this week, Senator Donna Campbell held an event at the Texas Capitol to highlight joint efforts to narrow the funding gap
between students at
public charter
schools and
traditional school districts.