Sentences with phrase «of charter school research»

Although the public presentation of charter school research today is nearly as contentious as it was when the AFT report made waves in 2004, beneath the radar screen is a growing convergence on a set of findings that fit neither the rosy predictions of the early advocates nor the dire fears of the early critics:

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The data on charter - school performance is perhaps mixed, but a half century of research proves, as Ravitch acknowledges, that «minority children in Catholic schools are more likely to take advanced courses than their peers in public schools, more likely to go to college, and more likely to continue on to graduate school.»

Albany, NY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver shares the microphones with Alan Chartock this week to discuss the ramifications of charter schools in New York, as well as the need for the state to be a leader in stem cell research.

His particular interest is in the establishment of new schools such as academies and free schools and part of my research is looking at Swedish free schools and Charter schools in the USA.

It has also reviewed hundreds of thousands of reports to aid in distinguishing the best - quality research from weaker work, including studies on such subjects as the effectiveness of charter schools and merit pay for teachers, which have informed the ongoing debate about these issues.

According to a recent survey by the National Charter School Research Project, scarcity of facilities was listed first among all reported external barriers to growth of charter management organizations, mentioned in 89 percent of resCharter School Research Project, scarcity of facilities was listed first among all reported external barriers to growth of charter management organizations, mentioned in 89 percent of rescharter management organizations, mentioned in 89 percent of responses.

The decade between 1999 and 2009 saw a dramatic expansion in CMO schools, with increases of approximately 20 percent per year, a higher growth rate than seen by independent charter schools, according to a recent study by Mathematica Policy Research.

Perhaps because the research literature on the strength of Boston charter schools is so compelling, charter proponents have focused more on touting academic benefits than debating financial costs.

On - going trends involving public school segregation have been a primary focus of the CRP's research, and the expanding policy emphasis on school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sector.

While the evidence for the effectiveness of charter schools nationwide is mixed, research has found that the charter schools in these cities are on average more effective than district schools in raising student test scores.

Among the featured speakers were David Driscoll, commissioner of education for the Massachusetts Department of Education; Peter Frumkin, professor of public affairs at University of Texas at Austin; Laurie Gardner and Eric Premack, codirectors of California Charter Schools Development Center; Michael Goldstein, founder and director of research and information for MATCH Charter Public High School; and HGSE Senior Lecturer James Honan.

Decades of social science research describing the harms of racially isolated schools and the benefits of diverse schools has informed the development of federal policy — and even many states» charter school legislation.

Only anecdotal evidence has been offered in support of the claim that charter schools systematically remove students with disabilities, and little rigorous research has considered the underlying causes of the difference between the percentage of charter - school students and district - school students enrolled in special education, the so - called «special education gap.»

Macke Raymond, director of Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), and an expert on monopolies in the public and private sectors, made this clear at a 2006 forum organized by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Because the oversubscribed charter schools in our sample admit students via random lotteries, comparing the outcomes of lottery winners (most of whom enrolled in a charter school) and lottery losers (most of whom did not) is akin to a randomized - control trial of the kind often used in medical research.

Research that painstakingly tries to separate out the actual effects of schools clearly has value, but it is important to bear in mind that, in the absence of random assignment of students to schools (such as occurs via charter school lotteries), families that choose for their children to be educated in their home (through virtual schools) are likely to be very different from other families.

For instance, a Google Scholar search of «magnet schools» research published since the year 2000 returns less than half the hits of a search for «charter schools.»

Marty West talks with Sarah Cordes about her new research on this topic: «Charters and the Common Good: The spillover effects of charter schools in New York City.»

The Atlanta - based organization urges education leaders to foster research about the performance of charter school students; fully support and adequately finance statewide K - 12...

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One strand of his research, which has sought to replicate effective charter - school practices in public school contexts, has shown that when a school increases instructional time, has excellent teachers and administrators, and instills data - driven instruction, small - group tutoring, and a culture of high expectations, it can eliminate gaps in math performance.

Watch for a lot of new work from CRPE's new crop of brilliant analysts on the state education agencies of the future, district - charter collaboration, the costs of blended - learning models, charter schools and special education, and, of course, more research and tools for portfolio management.

The Long - Run Influence of Charter Schools (phase I) project hopes to create a charter school lottery data clearinghouse, to make it possible for other researchers to store data, propose projects and to gain secure access to the data for their own research prCharter Schools (phase I) project hopes to create a charter school lottery data clearinghouse, to make it possible for other researchers to store data, propose projects and to gain secure access to the data for their own research prcharter school lottery data clearinghouse, to make it possible for other researchers to store data, propose projects and to gain secure access to the data for their own research projects.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new investment of $ 1.7 billion for K - 12 education over the next five years, with the bulk of the funding aimed at existing traditional public schools that show progress in improving educational outcomes, the development of new curricula, charter schools focused on students with special needs, and «research and development» for scalable models that could inform best practices.

Regardless of the sponsoring organization or the research design, these studies all reach the same conclusion: Commonwealth charter schools in Boston are exceptionally high performing.

In this forum, Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for policy and research at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, argues that ESAs offer a grand advance over charter schooling and deserve the support of reformers.

New research finds that students attending a district school in New York City within a half - mile radius of a charter school score better in math and reading and enjoy an increase in their likelihood of advancing to the next grade.

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»).

Another research team, led by Josh Angrist and Parag Pathak, directors of the School Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative at MIT, compared «long - term outcomes» of Boston charter - school students to outcomes for BPS students who had entered charter - school admission lotteries (see FiguSchool Effectiveness and Inequality Initiative at MIT, compared «long - term outcomes» of Boston charter - school students to outcomes for BPS students who had entered charter - school admission lotteries (see Figuschool students to outcomes for BPS students who had entered charter - school admission lotteries (see Figuschool admission lotteries (see Figure 2).

Goldstein investigated ways to conduct useful, classroom - relevant research with an experiment of his own in the MATCH charter school he founded.

«As we approached the study of education through the lenses of our research on innovation,» they wrote, «our instinct was to frame chartered schools as disruptive innovations, but upon reflection that was not correct.»

In fact, one recent piece of research — a 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University — suggests that students in online charter schools aren't doing as well as theiresearch — a 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University — suggests that students in online charter schools aren't doing as well as theiResearch on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University — suggests that students in online charter schools aren't doing as well as their peers.

Most research on charter schools, and the most intense public debate over their desirability, has focused on the impact of these new schools on the students who attend them.

Our review of the research revealed few examples of charter schools» having an impact on districts that could be attributed to market forces.

While some of the material on charter schools and vouchers will be familiar, it's convenient to have these multifaceted offerings, which include everything from experimental research to first - person accounts, between two covers.

Evers is a past member of National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, a past commissioner on the California State Academic Standards Commission, past trustee on the Santa Clara County Board of Education, and a past president of the board of directors of the East Palo Alto Charter School.

The founder of Match Charter School, Michael Goldstein, wrote «Studying Teacher Moves: A practitioner's take on what is blocking the research teachers need,» for Education Next.

Kevin Booker and his colleagues («The Unknown World of Charter High Schools,» research) find that such schools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to cSchools,» research) find that such schools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to cschools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to college.

Indeed, it seems that many of the major foundations involved in education are backing charter schools in one way or another, either by supporting individual sites or by financing research or advocacy designed to promote policies friendly to charters.

Consequently, charters proudly enroll higher percentages of black and Hispanic children than other public schools, and a growing body of research underscores their success.

As part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, SDP has been working with districts, charter school networks, state education agencies, and nonprofits since 2008 to transform the way they collect and use data to support their program, management, and policy goals.

A 2015 study by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) found Newark charter schools outperformed traditional district schools: 77 percent of Newark's charters were more effective at raising test scores in reading, and 69 percent were more effective at raising scores in math.

The study — part of a larger report put out by the National Charter School Research Project at the Seattle - based Center on Reinventing Public Education — found, for instance, that charter school parents are Charter School Research Project at the Seattle - based Center on Reinventing Public Education — found, for instance, that charter school parents are jSchool Research Project at the Seattle - based Center on Reinventing Public Education — found, for instance, that charter school parents are charter school parents are jschool parents are just...

Twice a month, it's Technology Thursday for teachers at New Orleans's Martin Behrman Charter Academy of Creative Arts & Sciences, where Assistant Principal Cherie Goins, also the school's technology coordinator, presents a three - hour training session that brings staff up to speed on technology for teaching, record keeping, research, and more.

A 2015 report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University found that students enrolled in online charter schools aren't performing as well as their peers, and many observers have argued that online - only charters should be put out of business.

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In an analysis of the program, political scientist William Howell wrote that RttT encouraged applicants to develop «common core state standards,» design a teacher evaluation plan based in part on the performance of their students, ensure «successful conditions for high - performing charter schools,» and numerous other reforms (see «Results of President Obama's Race to the Top,» research, Fall 2015).

The four - day leadership development program drew on the expertise and research of Harvard faculty and leading practitioners in framing the challenges faced by charter schools and their school communities while also addressing the larger state - level policy environment.

Released today by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, at Stanford University, the study comes as a growing number of school districts and charter schools around the country are experimenting with such reward programs in the hope of improving...

The Politico article cites anti-creationism crusader Zach Kopplin's research on the teaching of creationism in schools funded by vouchers — without citing his investigation into public charter schools doing the same.