Sentences with phrase «nearby district schools»

I also find that charter school entry has only a small impact on the probability of students exiting nearby district schools.

The results indicate that charter schools tend to increase or, at the very least, do not harm the performance of at - risk student populations in nearby district schools.

These disadvantaged populations have high rates of educational mobility, but rates of exit from KIPP schools are typically no higher than rates at nearby district schools.

A record number of charter schools, all outperforming nearby district schools, have been recommended for denial by LA Unified staff when their petitions come before Tuesday's school board meeting.

To shed light on the question of spillover effects, I use data from New York City to estimate the effects of charter schools on students in two types of nearby district schools: those in the same neighborhood, and those that are co-located (in the same building).

A recent University of Utah study found that the presence of more charter schools in an area increases the academic achievement of students attending nearby district schools.

They outscore their peers in nearby district schools in both math and ELA tests.

The opening of a charter school leads to small reductions in enrollment at nearby district schools, but does not change the percentage of students from underrepresented minority groups, special education students, or LEP students.

Most are outperforming nearby district schools, but the majority of the denials stem from charters» rejection of specific language required by the district in their petitions.

Almost uniformly, researchers find that school choice does not have a negative impact on the performance of nearby district schools.

In a 2015 report, Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that the average charter - school student in the Bay Area attained significantly more growth in reading and math than similar students in nearby district schools — and that this difference increased the longer he or she stayed in a charter school.

In terms of prior achievement, KIPP schools generally admit students who are disadvantaged in ways similar to their peers in nearby district schools.

Adequate, fair funding: University of Arkansas analysts report that the typical charter gets 28 percent less funding per pupil than nearby district schools, in large part because few charters share in the locally generated portion of K — 12 funding.

WNYC public radio recently conducted a comprehensive analysis of student attrition at New York City charter schools and found that attrition rates are generally lower at charters than at nearby district schools.

Even when charter schools use simple applications, the fact that parents must submit them months before the start of school means that «these students are in some ways more advantaged, come from more motivated families» than kids in nearby district schools, education analyst Michael Petrilli said.

Schools may only give preference to siblings of current students or students enrolled in nearby district schools that have received a «D» or «F» grade.

It also appears that charter schools may have small, negative effects on absenteeism at nearby district schools.

It takes a great deal of courage for parents to enroll their children in a new, untested charter school when there is a nearby district school whose program is a known quality.

Black and Hispanic enrollments were often higher than in nearby district schools.

The founder and principal, Zeke Vanderhoek, is a 38 - year - old Yale University graduate who taught in a nearby district school and launched a tutoring company.

To assess the school's impact, the study identified a set of children who stayed in nearby district schools and closely resembled the charter students in family income, race, neighborhood and fourth - grade test records.

The study found The Equity Project's students had similar academic backgrounds to children in nearby district schools, had about the same attrition rate and none was expelled.

Most KIPP middle schools do not have higher levels of attrition than nearby district schools.

The Spending Blind report also underscored the CREDO findings: The education offered at three fourths of the charters was worse than that provided at nearby district schools.

The report states that Celerity Troika outperformed the nearby district schools as well as the district as a whole.

* UPDATED A record number of charter schools, all outperforming nearby district schools, have been recommended for denial by LA Unified staff when their petitions come before Tuesday's school board meeting.