How New York City's
Charter Schools Affect Achievement.
But it is clear that the typical arguments that drive charter - related controversies and public debate fail to capture the ways in which district and
charter schools affect one another.
However, in this first study to examine how
charter schools affect long - term student attainment, the authors found that charter — high school students had a higher probability of graduating and attending college.
This is a limitation, because we might be intellectually curious about how
charter schools affect the rare student who enters as, say, a 12th grader.
Mathematica's own defense of its research design was that it could do the study more cheaply if it relied upon readily available data, even though Caroline Hoxby, facing similar data collection problems, nonetheless found a way of tracking students from first grade on («How New York City's
Charter Schools Affect Achievement»).
Similarly, when the researchers looked at whether transfers to
charter schools affected the distribution of students by race or ethnicity, they found that, in most sites, the racial composition of the charter school entered by a transferring student was similar to that of the traditional public school that he or she had left.
To coordinate our efforts and maximize the potential impact of these funds, TCSA has partnered with USEED to create a campaign in support of public
charter schools affected by Hurricane Harvey.
CCSA is offering assistance, resources, and connections to immigration organizations to
charter schools affected by ongoing challenges families may face related to immigration.
He added, «Violence walking home from
charter schools affects charter students the same as walking home from LAUSD schools.»
Not exact matches
At a time when the corporate education reformers like Governor Cuomo scapegoat teachers, underfund public
schools, and push high - stakes testing linked to Common Core as way to justify the expansion of privately - managed
charter schools, she has persistently brought forth real facts about how poverty, segregation, and inequitable
school funding
affect testing and achievement in public
schools.
Caught in the middle are a host of issues
affecting 8.5 million residents of New York City such as mayoral control of
schools, the expansion of
charter schools and the most recent hot - button issue between the two men — the controversial 421 - a tax abatement program.
Former Senate President Andy Gardiner, who has a son with Down syndrome and helped create the program, said he hopes the «governor is mindful» that the bill isn't just about
charter schools and that many families will be
affected by his decision.
Of the three Success Academy reversals, two
affect charter schools that have not yet opened, and one
affects a currently operating
school, Success Academy Harlem 4, which opened in 2008.
In addition to changes
affecting charter schools, Mr. de Blasio said he would halt plans for six new public
schools to share space with other existing
schools.
Topics included his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statement that he is not planning to approve a specific amount of pre-K funding set forth in the state senate proposed budget, how confident he is of pre-K funding, the status of his administration's review of the city's Sandy relief programs, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's statements on mayoral control of the city
school system and
charter schools, the current status of site clearing and the investigation into the cause of the East Harlem building explosion, whether New Yorkers should be concerned about gas leaks, his reaction to a tweet yesterday by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito critical of Governor Cuomo's reaction to the East Harlem building explosion, how the church services he attended this morning for victims
affected him personally and the relief efforts being led by his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the Mayor's Fund for NYC.
Fred Baptiste, the panel's Brooklyn representative, said an immediate approval to co-locate the
charter school could negatively
affect the possibility of a P.S. 297 expansion.
The Washington Post's Michael Alison Chandler looks at how the growth of
charter schooling and rapid gentrification in some areas are
affecting school diversity in Washington, D.C.
Charter schools may adopt policies for reasons that we do not observe and it may be that it is these unobserved reasons that actually
affect achievement.
We also used new data to see whether the academic performance of students in traditional public
schools and the influence of teachers unions
affect the strength of
charter school legislation in a state.
Because the presence of
charter schools in an area might
affect both student achievement and the decisions of families to move to a district, we measured state demographics and student achievement during the 1989 — 90
school year, several years before the first
charter laws took effect.
However, simple tests we conducted, based on changes in the average previous - year test scores of students in
schools affected and unaffected by
charter -
school competition, suggest that, if anything, the opposite phenomenon occurred: students switching from traditional public to
charter schools appear to have been above - average performers compared with the other students in their
school.
However, simple tests we conducted, based on changes in the average previous - year test scores of students in
schools affected and unaffected by
charter -
school competition, suggest that, if anything, the
We address this question here by examining the link between the establishment of
charter schools in North Carolina and average student proficiency rates at the traditional public
schools most
affected by the new source of competition.
Hardly anyone talks about how the growing movement toward parental choice and competition, in the form of vouchers and
charter schools, will
affect the teaching profession.
Anyone who has been part of or
affected by the closure of a
charter school can attest that «unpleasant» hardly does it justice.
To get a broader picture of how choice
affects teachers, I used data both from traditional forms of
school choice (choice among public
schools through choice of residence and choice among private
schools) and from
charter schools.
If vouchers are found constitutional only if
charters are available and secular private
schools open themselves to voucher recipients, the result could profoundly
affect the future of
school choice in ways neither side anticipated.
Concerns about
charter schools include them challenging the long - existing status quo (there are more than 4,000 in the U.S.); adding fuel to the debate of vouchers, markets, and choice; and
affecting the funding of traditional
schools, seemingly pitting
charter activists against traditional
school educators.
To satisfy the administration's requirements, states will have to change policies
affecting teachers, intervene in failing
schools, support
charters, and more.
How do states differ in their approaches to
charter schools, and in what ways do
charter laws and policies
affect charter schools in each state?
It will conduct intensive site visits in order to identify state and local factors
affecting charter implementation and student achievement, and initiate the difficult task of collecting information on the possible consequences of
charter schools for American education.
Lastly, this study's results are not
affected by whether students enroll or remain in
charter schools.
Lesli A. Maxwell is an assistant managing editor for Education Week who oversees coverage of
school district news and leadership, English - language learners,
charter schools and
school choice issues, and
school climate, discipline, and nonacademic factors that
affect students.
Learn how
charters, at different ages and stages of their development, are likely to adopt and use educational technology, where they turn for guidance in selecting educational products, how differences in
school culture
affect sales approaches, and how to understand the funding profile of a typical
charter school.
Recommendation: To help
charter schools recognize practices that may
affect enrollment of students with disabilities and improve the information available for monitoring and oversight, the Secretary of Education should update existing guidance to ensure that
charter schools have better information about their obligations related to the enrollment of students with disabilities.
A nationally representative Education Week survey shows rifts among teachers, principals, and superintendents on hot - button social issues
affecting K - 12 education, including immigration,
charter schools, vouchers, and LGBT rights.
The requirement that participating
schools have complete lottery records also
affects our selection of
charter schools for the lottery study.
In a recent series of interviews, human resource officials in six
school districts and a statewide
charter school system reported a variety of ways and degrees to which
schools are being
affected by a shortage that many predict will worsen.
They're putting their kids in
charters but that means the district
schools need to right - size by cutting jobs, and that
affects their cousin.
Timesha Cohen, a member of our learning community and teacher from Propel McKeesport Public
Charter School, has talked about the impact of her participation as positively
affecting herself and her students: «My students are able to make connections between what they know and what they need to know, as well as draw conclusions based on patterns they may notice in both math and science.
The most striking finding was that
charter — high
school attendance may positively
affect the chance that a student will graduate and go on to college — two critical outcomes that have not been examined in previous research — suggesting the need to look beyond achievement - test scores when measuring the effectiveness of
charter schools.
Comments: The Department of Education plans to conduct additional fact finding and research over the next several years to understand the factors
affecting enrollment of students with disabilities in
charter schools.
The first stage is also
affected by the fact that some students who initially enroll in a
charter school later switch, an issue we explore further later.
Recommendation: To help
charter schools recognize practices that may
affect enrollment of students with disabilities and improve the information available for monitoring and oversight, the Secretary of Education should conduct additional fact finding and research to understand the factors
affecting enrollment of students with disabilities in
charter schools and act upon that information, as appropriate.
The RAND team found no evidence that
charter schools substantially
affect achievement in nearby traditional public
schools.
In just about every dimension that
affects post-secondary education, students who got high lottery numbers (and hence were much more likely to enroll in a
charter school) outperformed those assigned lower lottery numbers.
The webinar discussed several research - based practices to help
charter schools more effectively serve students with disabilities; 2) in March 2015, in conjunction with CSP's annual SEA, CMO, and non-SEA project directors» conference, the CSP held a Students with Disabilities Summit to provide technical assistance to grantees on issues
affecting students with disabilities in
charter schools.
And Bellwether Education Partners has released a new report by Andy Smarick on state policies that
affect rural
charter schools.
Overall, across the two analyses, it does not appear that
charter schools are systematically skimming high - achieving students or dramatically
affecting the racial mix of
schools for transferring students.
Howell and West also studied the
affects on public attitudes toward
charter schools when accurate information is made available.