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The reason I bring this up is the hullabaloo around Caroline Hoxby's
new charter school study.
Not exact matches
Charter schools in
New York City receive almost $ 5,000 less per student each year than traditional
schools, according to a
study to be released today by researchers at the University of Arkansas.
Charter schools offered free space in city educational facilities are actually a bargain for
New York taxpayers, a new study sho
New York taxpayers, a
new study sho
new study shows.
A
new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students in traditional public schoo
new study says that on average,
New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students in traditional public schoo
New York City
charter school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students in traditional public
schools.
In September, parents and teachers in the building's three district
schools — the
School for International Studies, the Brooklyn School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential trea
School for International
Studies, the Brooklyn
School for Global Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential trea
School for Global
Studies and District 75's PS 368 — saw that the
charter school had new light fixtures and complained that the charter had received preferential trea
school had
new light fixtures and complained that the
charter had received preferential treatment.
A
new study suggests that
charter school students are more likely to do well at college and earn significantly more than their counterparts at other
schools.
The public
schools in eight states — Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Utah — and the
charter schools in a number of others, for example, recognize the guided self -
study program of the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence.
Low - income minority adolescents who were admitted to high - performing public
charter high
schools in Los Angeles were significantly less likely to engage in risky health behaviors than their peers who were not admitted to those
schools, according to a
new UCLA - led
study.
CREDO had done a national
study that found more
charters doing badly compared to their feeder
schools from the traditional public sector, and an NBER
study in
New York City found substantially better performance of
charters versus traditional public
schools.
The
New York Center for Autism
Charter School is not included in the
study because it serves a very special population and is not compatible with many elements of the
study.
Our
study data are collected as follows: First, the information from each
charter school application is sent to the
New York City Department of Education for inclusion in its administrative database.
Two
new studies compare the views of
charter school parents to the views of private
school and district
school parents.
Margaret Raymond, director of CREDO at Stanford University, sits down with Paul Peterson to discuss CREDO's latest
study on
charter schools in
New York City.
In Public Impact's latest Opportunity Culture case
study, Touchstone Education:
New Charter With Experienced Leader Learns From Extending Teachers» Reach, we look at how this teacher, Tiffany McAfee, led the
school's teachers in their focus on literacy, and how the
school combined her leadership with online instruction.
The
study, «Leveraging Local Innovation: The Case of Michigan's
Charter Schools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of the
Schools,» found that the
schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of the
schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public
schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of the
schools, rather than coming up with
new ideas of their own.
In the piece, we discuss
New Jersey's Assembly Bill 3105, which would block approval of virtual
charters for one year while a
study of the general effectiveness of full - time online
schooling is conducted.
Mathematica's own defense of its research design was that it could do the
study more cheaply if it relied upon readily available data, even though Caroline Hoxby, facing similar data collection problems, nonetheless found a way of tracking students from first grade on («How
New York City's
Charter Schools Affect Achievement»).
And even that is behind the times, since there are now seven: Marble Hill High
School for International
Studies (MHHS), the Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy (BETA), the Bronx
School of Law and Finance (BSLF), the English Language Learners and International Support Preparatory Academy (ELLIS),
New Visions
Charter High
School for Advanced Math and Science (NVAMS), the Bronx Theatre High
School (BTHS), and
New Visions
Charter High
School for the Humanities (NVH).
The editorial cites a
new study by the California
Charter Schools Association which
studied the state's Academic Performance Index (API), which runs on a scale from 200 to 1000, and found that, according to the Journal,
However, he writes, «a
new study offers evidence that attending the Chicago - based Noble
charter network does help students succeed after high
school.»
A
new Brookings study by Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft finds that students attending the charter school connected with the Harlem Children's Zone do not outperform students at other New York City charter schools, but Jay Mathews warns that it is too soon to draw conclusions about the impact of the HCZ's servic
new Brookings
study by Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft finds that students attending the
charter school connected with the Harlem Children's Zone do not outperform students at other
New York City charter schools, but Jay Mathews warns that it is too soon to draw conclusions about the impact of the HCZ's servic
New York City
charter schools, but Jay Mathews warns that it is too soon to draw conclusions about the impact of the HCZ's services.
The case
study illustrates how three groups of
charter management organizations (CMOs)-- High Tech High in San Diego; Uncommon
Schools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable st
Schools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in
New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific
schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable st
schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable students.
So it is with the
new federal
study of
charter schools.
A
new AEI
study analyzes the 2015
charter school coverage from a number of influential media outlets.
This week, Stanford University's CREDO released its authoritative
new study of
charter school management organizations.
Open Education: Students at Robert F. Kennedy
Charter High
School, in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, designed
study areas that reflect the belief that true learning can not be compartmentalized by subject.
Indeed a few years ago, a
New Zealand - born elementary
school teacher at a TeamCFA
charter school in North Carolina was herself
studying to take the citizenship test.
The authors of the
new study modified the analysis conducted by the CRP so that the percentage of students in segregated
charter schools in just the central city would be compared to the percentage of students in segregated traditional public
schools within the same central city for 8 large metropolitan areas.
Unlike a badly designed
charter school study recently released by Mathematica, which compared students who changed
schools with those who did not, MDRC
studied only students who moved to a
new school regardless of whether they attended a small one or went elsewhere.
On this last point, a fantastic
new study by Michael McShane and Jenn Hatfield shows that
chartering is producing a wide variety of
schools in city after city (contra claims that
charters are cookie - cutter).
For example, the quasi-experimental
study by economists Tom Kane and Josh Angrist on Boston
charter schools, which compared the winners and losers of
charter admission lotteries, helped change the Massachusetts law that had blocked the creation of
new charters.
Similarly, the Stanford University Center for Research on Education Outcomes [4] found in a 2013
study that after only a year,
New York City
charter school students gained substantially more in reading and math than their traditional
school peers.
A
new study by Mathematica examines how the KIPP
charter network fared during a period of rapid growth, when enrollment in KIPP
schools roughly doubled to 68,000 students after the network received a $ 50 million expansion grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2010.
New York City's charter schools are making strides in closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged inner - city students and their better - off suburban counterparts, a new study conclud
New York City's
charter schools are making strides in closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged inner - city students and their better - off suburban counterparts, a
new study conclud
new study concludes.
Staring intently at a computer screen in their Political
Studies class, a combination English, economics, and government course at Sacramento
New Technology High
School, in Sacramento, California, seniors Nancy Vue, Sparkle Shamburger, and Christian Govea scroll through a «project
charter.»
The result is Fordham's
new study School Closures and Student Achievement: An Analysis of Ohio's Urban Districts and
Charter Schools, which brings to bear fresh empirical evidence on this critical issue.
That's why you should read the
new case
study of the D.C. Public
Charter School Board (PCSB).
Podcast: Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk about Caroline Hoxby's random assignment
study of student achievement in
charter schools in
New York City.
We read with great interest the article by Caroline Hoxby and Sonali Murarka, which reports promising results from their randomized - control
study of
New York City
charter school students («New York City Charter Schools,» research, Summer
charter school students («
New York City
Charter Schools,» research, Summer
Charter Schools,» research, Summer 2008).
A trio of
new studies show that most online
charter schools don't work in their current context, but they don't show that they can't work.
A
new study looks at the impact of co-location, the practice of allowing a
charter school to open in the same building as a district public
school.
This week they discuss Caroline Hoxby's random assignment
study of student achievement in
charter schools in
New York City.
A
new study by one of us (Elizabeth Setren) follows students participating in special education at the time they apply to
charter elementary, middle, or high
schools in Boston.
A
new Fordham Institute
study,
Charter School Boards in the Nation's Capital, asks a simple but largely uninvestigated question: Do the characteristics, views, and practices of charter boards have any bearing on charter school q
Charter School Boards in the Nation's Capital, asks a simple but largely uninvestigated question: Do the characteristics, views, and practices of charter boards have any bearing on charter school qu
School Boards in the Nation's Capital, asks a simple but largely uninvestigated question: Do the characteristics, views, and practices of
charter boards have any bearing on charter school q
charter boards have any bearing on
charter school q
charter school qu
school quality?
Finally, regarding how students with disabilities enroll in
charter schools, or in any public
school district in
New Jersey, Waters» statement that placement is determined solely by child -
study teams is inaccurate.
A
new Fordham
study, Three Signs That a Proposed
Charter School Is at Risk of Failing, employs an empirical approach to do just that.
New Orleans presents the opportunity to
study an urban
school system where
charter schools comprise more than 90 percent of
school campuses and total student enrollment.
And, in 2013, a
study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found that
New Orleans
charter schools deliver five months of extra learning per year when compared to similarly situated traditional
schools.
More than a third of teachers in North Carolina's traditional public
schools are chronically absent — double the rate of their peers in the state's
charter schools, according to a
new national
study released Wednesday.