«The district's own report clearly shows that students at Celerity's schools are knocking it out of the park compared to students
attending neighboring district schools,» said the CCSA's Mandell.
The reclassification rate at Magnolia Academy 2 was 30 percent, and 51 percent at Magnolia Academy 3, about twice the rate
of neighboring district schools.
According to the staff reports, all three schools
outperform neighboring district schools on this year's state tests in both math and English, with the exception of Magnolia Science Academy 2, where students meeting or exceeding English standards fell 12 percentage points below the average at nearby resident schools.
Critics say its strict disciplinary practices and overemphasis on testing are detrimental to students, while supporters cite high performance on standardized tests and stronger school culture than
neighboring district schools.
This is exactly what the families did, and their public school children deserve the same funding for their education that they'd receive in
a neighboring district school.»
According to Alliance data, its schools performed 82 percent higher in math and 48 percent higher in ELA than
neighboring district schools.
Crenshaw High School,
the neighboring district school, had a graduation rate of 41 percent during the 2009 - 10 school year.
Compared to
neighboring district schools, KIPP middle schools have student bodies characterized by higher concentrations of poverty and racial minorities, but lower concentrations of special education and limited English proficiency students.
Around the country, charter schools operate with 28 percent less public and private funding than
neighboring district schools.
While Achievement First likes to brag that their students do better on standardized tests than students in
their neighboring district schools, they fail to reveal that the get those results by refusing to provide educational services to broad social - demographic groups within the community.
Many charter school teachers prefaced their comments today with «I taught at an LAUSD school for X years,» which goes to show that charter school teachers, leaders, and students are not of a different breed than
our neighboring district school teachers, leaders, and students.