A nine - member review board of prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from around the country evaluated publicly available student achievement data on 27 large
established urban charter school systems and found that Achievement First, KIPP Foundation and Uncommon Schools had the best overall student academic performance in recent years.
A 14 - member review board of prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from around the country evaluated publicly available student achievement data on 20 large
established urban charter school systems and found that YES Prep Public Schools had the best overall student academic performance between 2007 and 2011.
Not exact matches
Horizons, an
urban charter high
school that sought to provide a college - preparatory curriculum for all,
established a close working relationship with its local district.
Interestingly, two well -
established Camden
charter networks are seeking to use the
Urban Hope Act to expand in the city and take advantage of its freer provisions for
schools facilities.
Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by
establishing itself as a primarily
urban phenomenon with significant chains of
schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «
charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public
schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).