Based only on enrollments aggregated to the national and state level, the authors repeatedly highlight the overrepresentation of
black students in charter schools in an attempt to portray a harmful degree of segregation.
And a 2015 Stanford University study cited by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools showed that low - income
Black students in charter schools gain the equivalent of 29 extra days of learning in reading and 36 extra days of learning in math per year compared with their Black counterparts in traditional district schools.
«Based only on enrollments aggregated to the national and state level, the authors repeatedly highlight the overrepresentation
of black students in charter schools in an attempt to portray a harmful degree of segregation,» co-author Brian Kisida explains.
Our new findings demonstrate that, while segregation for blacks among all public schools has been increasing for nearly two decades,
black students in charter schools are far more likely than their traditional public school counterparts to be educated in intensely segregated settings.
Rafiq R. Kalam Id - Din II of Teaching Firms of America Charter School discusses the unfair funding of
Black students in charter schools and district schools in this powerful piece for New York Slant.
Studies are showing, for example, that
black students in charter schools are more likely than their counterparts in traditional public schools to be educated in an intensely segregated setting.
While segregation for blacks among all public schools has been increasing for nearly two decades,
black students in charter schools are far more likely than their traditional public school counterparts to be educated in intensely segregated settings.