Sentences with phrase «for charter schools as a whole»

Statistics for charter schools as a whole are hard to come by, but the best estimate puts charters» college persistence rates at around 23 %.

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The spread of whole - school reform models such as Success for All; the imposition of standards and high - stakes tests; the lowering of class sizes and slicing of schools into smaller, independent academies; the explosion of charter schools and push for school vouchers — all these reforms signal a vibrantly democratic school system.

In math, 47 percent of Detroit charter schools perform significantly better than their local peers, the same proportion as for the charters as a whole statewide.»

He is the co-author with Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Gregg Vanourek of Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education; co-author with Peter Frumkin and Nell Edgington of The Strategic Management of Charter Schools: Frameworks and Tools for Educational Entrepreneurs; co-editor with Frederick M. Hess of Customized Schooling: Beyond Whole School Reform as well as many articles on K — 12 education policy and reform.

And on the specific claim the article makes that «half the charters perform only as well, or worse than, Detroit's traditional public schools» this is what the Stanford study has to say: «In reading, 47 percent of charter schools perform significantly better than their traditional public school market, which is more positive than the 35 % for Michigan charter schools as a whole.

Smith, who has taught for more than a decade in both D.C.'s public charter and traditional district schools, immediately saw the benefit for students, but says she was most captivated by the opportunity to elevate teaching practice and the profession as a whole.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

We know from those studies that a handful of programs as a whole worsened achievement but improved graduation rates (a set of Texas's charter schools, for example).

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I believe that charter schools should not be used as «safety nets» for problems in the current education system but as innovation labs that can feed and build the whole public school system.

But the passage of the plan, along with one that would allow for the opening of more charter schools, is another reminder of the important shift that is happening, not only within Louisiana's public education system, but throughout American public education as a whole.

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole.

A 2014 Education Next poll found that 34 percent of teachers chose charters, private schools or home - schooling for their own children — a higher percentage than the general public as a whole.

As charter schools have dominated public discussion on education in the past several years, the debate at times has appeared to be between charter schools for the whole country or no charter schools at all.

The pro-reform website Dropout Nation noted that «the passage of the plan, along with one that would allow for the opening of more charter schools, is another reminder of the important shift that is happening, not only within Louisiana's public education system, but throughout American public education as a whole.

For example, about 90 percent of students at Uncommon Charter High School graduated on time in 2016, compared to about 70 percent for the city as a whoFor example, about 90 percent of students at Uncommon Charter High School graduated on time in 2016, compared to about 70 percent for the city as a whofor the city as a whole.

«For me... that is the problem with the movement of charter schools is that it's about fighting and dividing, not collaborating and strengthening public schools as a whole entity,» Nelson said.

An early blow actually came last November when current Democratic Party nominee for President Hillary Clinton was campaigning and made an entirely factual observation about the charter school sector as a whole:

While some of Arizona's college - prep charters focusing on attracting high - achieving students with a rigorous curriculum have gotten significant attention in the media, two independent studies using student - level data have found the charter sector as a whole for similar demographic students underperforms relative to the public district schools.

This came as a huge blow to the Green Dot schools as a whole since per - pupil funding for public charter schools in California has steadily declined since 2008 (Financials, Green Dot Website).

Massachusetts charter schools tend to serve populations that are, in general, more socioeconomically vulnerable than the state as a whole, save for special education (Figure 2).