I would like to argue, though, that not only is it no more effective, but it is actually much less
effective than traditional schooling.
Not exact matches
«We had a hunch that nudging, and especially digital nudging, would be very cost
effective, but I was truly surprised to see that the cost effectiveness of nudging is often 100, and even 1,000, times greater
than more
traditional interventions,» says co-author Shlomo Benartzi, a professor at the Anderson
School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Understanding time limitation, Brandon reckoned that he could train someone to be an
effective massage therapist in a quicker amount of time
than traditional massage
schools he had attended.
Across all 28 states in our study we found that public charter
school sectors were more cost
effective and / or generated a higher return on investment (ROI)
than traditional public
schools.
In short, the takeaway from the charter literature seems to be that they are, on average, more
effective than traditional public
schools in urban settings and perhaps should be encouraged there, but that authorizers and policy contexts matter tremendously in determining whether these
schools succeed or not.
[5] At the beginning of the study period in 2001, there was substantial variation in quality across charter
schools and, on average, charter
schools in Texas were less
effective than traditional public
schools.
Figure 3 shows that the charter elementary and middle
schools that closed were significantly less
effective in math, reading, and science
than traditional and charter
schools that remained open.
In light of the seemingly endless civil rights violations in the news daily, I was shocked to see our premier civil rights organization, the NAACP, call for a moratorium on the most
effective vehicle for delivering better educational outcomes
than our
traditional school systems.
Recent large - scale research at Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) also finds that KIPP teaching is highly
effective, with individual students learning far more
than their statistical «twins» at
traditional public
schools.
Our results suggest that the charter sector was initially characterized by
schools whose quality was highly variable and, on average, less
effective than traditional public
schools.
How can high - quality charter
schools show they are as
effective, or better,
than traditional public
schools if they don't have comparable data to prove it?
One of the few large - scale national studies of magnet
schools found that magnet
schools were more
effective than traditional public
schools, Catholic
schools, and secular private
schools at raising student achievement in reading and social studies.
The proposed expansion of
school choice in Wisconsin comes at a time when President Barack Obama and Republicans are promoting charter
schools and teacher accountability, while skeptics question whether choice programs have proven to be any more
effective than traditional public
schools.
I agree with the arguments that charter
schools are not necessarily more
effective than the
traditional public
schools, and the fact that charter
schools hire uncertified and less experienced teachers to teach.
However, I contend here that first, charter
schools in general are not more
effective than traditional public
schools.
The AFT intentionally ignores what 90 percent of the nearly 100 studies of charter
schools have found, that charter
schools are more
effective and efficient
than traditional public
schools.
We can conclude from this data that an
effective charter
school operator can better learning outcomes at lower cost
than traditional public
schools serving a similar population.
Largely because of these differences that allow for localized control and the flexibility to create
schools that function best in unique communities, charter
schools have been shown to be generally more
effective than traditional public
schools.
A stream of recent research has shown that on average, charter
schools don't outperform
traditional public
schools, though they may be more
effective in some areas
than others.