These analyses examine how the sizes of the overall effects reported above vary based on the density
of nearby charter schools, the quality of the charter school (based on test - score performance and charter operator), and a range of student characteristics.
Our analysis of competitive effects therefore investigates whether the effect of charter schools on traditional public schools varies with the number
of nearby charter schools as well as with the distance to the nearest charter.
The influence
of a nearby charter school on traditional public schools in the area depends, in part, on the credibility of students» threats to switch to the charter.
Not exact matches
For an afternoon or evening
of wine or beer tasting, guests can take private tours to
nearby Temecula Valley Wine Country or to explore Temecula's thriving craft - beer scene or
charter a hot - air balloon flight over the valley and vineyards below to curate the most bucket - list friendly getaway.
In Hempstead, while most
of the students at The Academy
Charter School are from the local district, the school draws from
nearby systems as well.
In March, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo defended
charters» role in city education at a rally at the Capitol in Albany while Mr. de Blasio held one in support
of his prekindergarten plan
nearby.
Unfortunately, it also has an active seismic zone beneath the PF - 4 building, producing persistent worries among the staff and members
of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, a congressionally -
chartered oversight group, that if it experienced a rare, large earthquake, the roof could collapse and toss chunks
of plutonium so closely together a chain reaction would ensue, spewing radioactive, cancer - causing plutonium particles throughout
nearby residential communities.
Before the
charter opened, all Moraine students were bused to schools in the
nearby suburbs
of Kettering and West Carrollton.
Those schools include public
charter schools, magnet schools, and other types
of options both within districts and in
nearby districts.
Not far from the heart
of Houston, unlikely alliance between a school district and
nearby charter schools is bringing the best
of both worlds to area students.
He says, «The superintendents were far more defensive about and married to the status quo than anybody else we were dealing with...» Just as it would be an inherent conflict to put McDonald's in charge
of determining whether or not others should be allowed to open a new restaurant
nearby, Engler reasoned that
charter school authorizers should be outside the control
of the traditional K — 12 system.
«There are very few good options in school nutrition, and most schools serve their kids lousy food that is unappealing,» says Bob Nardo, managing director
of operations for KIPP TEAM
Charter Schools in Newark, N.J. «This is a problem everywhere, but particularly in low - income areas that are considered food deserts, where you can't get adequate, nutritious food
nearby.
In the Spring 2018 issue cover story, we present evidence on the spillover effects
of charter schools on
nearby district - school students.
Instead
of asking whether all students in
charter schools are more likely to attend segregated schools than are all students in traditional public schools, we should be comparing the racial composition
of charter schools to that
of nearby traditional public schools.
One possible alternative explanation for the improvements observed in traditional public schools when a
charter school opened
nearby is the migration
of lower - performing students from the traditional public school to the
charter school.
As a result, more - affluent parents in the transitioning neighborhoods — squeezed out
of schools west
of the park and unable to afford private schools — are taking a shot at either the elementary school down the street or a diverse
charter school
nearby.
Sarah Cordes
of Temple University shows that elementary schools in New York City see a notable uptick in student achievement, attendance, and grade completion when a
charter school opens
nearby — and that these gains are largest when the schools are «co-located» in the same facility.
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.
In other words, parents with a
charter nearby appear better informed about the mechanics
of enrolling a child but no more informed than the broader public about other regulations on
charter practices.
The AFT claims that
charter schools are more racially homogeneous than district schools, citing research that makes much
of very small differences (normally less than 10 percent) between
charter and
nearby district school student bodies.
The results add one more data point to the diverse assortment
of studies about
charter performance: an example
of the
charter sector outperforming, on the whole,
nearby traditional schools.
Critics at the
nearby Roaring Fork School District, who had long opposed the
charter school's existence, had complained publicly that Ross Montessori didn't serve its share
of Latino students.
Working with staff at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, fifth graders from the East Palo Alto
Charter School track predators
of the clapper rail, an endangered bird, in a
nearby salt marsh.
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.
According to a 2015 study
of charters in urban regions across the country, conducted by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, African - American students at
charters out - performed comparable students at
nearby public schools in math by roughly a half years» worth
of learning.
Some proponents have predicted that the presence
of charter schools would have a positive effect on
nearby traditional public schools by exerting positive competitive pressure; some opponents have worried that
charter schools would harm students in
nearby traditional public schools by draining resources.
Second, the absence
of effects on achievement in
nearby traditional public schools suggests that the loss
of students to
charter schools is not having negative achievement effects on traditional public schools, but it also suggests that
charter schools may not produce the hoped - for positive competitive effects in traditional public schools.
The researchers examined student achievement in traditional public schools that had
charter schools
nearby, and they found that the presence
of the
charter schools did not appear to help or harm student achievement in the traditional public 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.
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.
Although there is no significant difference on any
of the individual indicators, the sum
of responses indicates that teachers» overall perceptions at a district school improve after a
charter school opens
nearby.
I compare the outcomes
of students at district schools after a
charter school opens
nearby to the outcomes
of students in the same schools before a
charter opened.
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).
Together, this indicates that the positive spillovers
of charter schools on
nearby students at district schools did not come at the detriment
of students across the city.
Limiting comparisons to students who attended the same district schools accounts for all features
of schools that do not change over time, such as their spatial attributes (that is, whether
nearby buildings are suitable for housing a
charter school).
A 2014 study found the typical
charter getting just 72 percent
of what's spent in
nearby district schools.
When funding follows students, the impact
of competition is greater in areas where school - age population growth is slow or declining, as any loss
of students to
charter schools or
nearby districts is immediately seen on the bottom line.
I also find that
charter school entry has only a small impact on the probability
of students exiting
nearby district schools.
The problem, she said in a separate analysis, is that Ms. Raymond compared the achievement
of individual
charter students with that
of groups
of students from
nearby public schools, without making the statistical adjustments necessary to account for the natural downward biases that result from that sort
of calculation.
[vii] With the
charter school having opened
nearby instead
of taking over the school, the McKinley Elementary School parent trigger appears to have failed.
Student performance in
charter schools was significantly lower than regular
nearby schools in just five states with about 30 percent
of national
charter enrollment, mostly minority children from poor families.
About a third
of the eligible students in the district's boundaries attend the
charter; the others are at neighboring districts or other
nearby charter schools.
As evidence mounts that most
charters are outperforming
nearby regular public schools, the governor and state Legislature need to step up their support
of charters.
Besides giving new authority to the chancellor, the mayor is also proposing to allow some
charter schools — those located in «high need» areas
of the city — to become neighborhood schools, which students living
nearby would have a right to attend.
Students at the majority
of the
charter schools that could be turned down Tuesday by LA Unified's school board are performing academically above their peers in
nearby schools.
Just 53 parents at Desert Trails, a school
of about 600 kids, made the final call to turn the building — and the public funds to run it — over to a nonprofit group that runs a
charter school in a
nearby town.
Using an individual panel data set to control for student fixed effects, we estimate the impact
of charter schools on students in
charter schools and in
nearby traditional public schools.
Disclosure
of school operations, especially as relates to finances, should be mandatory for
charters, they say, because the failure
of such an institution impacts
nearby school districts and the students who are displaced when a
charter must close down.
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.
This contract fails to resolve many serious issues that were identified in the review
of the proposal for this
charter school, including inadequate staffing and student services, a budget shortfall, and no way to ensure enrollment reflects the demographics
of nearby neighborhoods or the district.