Students in KIPP schools may be surrounded by classmates who are, on the whole, more supportive of academic achievement than
peers in traditional public schools with similar poverty rates.
Not exact matches
Schools that have entrance criteria of any type or use lotteries to select students should not be included in the peer groups with traditional, democratic public s
Schools that have entrance criteria of any type or use lotteries to select students should not be included
in the
peer groups
with traditional, democratic
public schoolsschools.
Committee members were clearly uneasy about how these
schools could ensure children, particularly
in the early grades, receive a quality education without any
in - person interactions
with teachers,
peers, counselors, and other support personnel that occur
in traditional public, charter, and private
schools.
As a result, charters
in the Buckeye State have been mostly a disappointment,
with gains among charter students lagging
peers in traditional public schools.
Contrast that
with Indianapolis, where three Stanford University studies have found that the average charter
school student makes large advancements
in reading and math compared
with her
traditional public school peers.
But at the same time, a second study from the university released
in tandem
with the first shows that charter
school students tend to be loyal to their
schools: They were up to 80 percent less likely to leave their charter
schools than their
peers at
traditional public schools.
A recent study by the Urban Institute compared college attendance rates of students who participated
in the program to attend a tuition - based
school with their demographically - similar
peers who attended
traditional public schools.
Charter
schools also had significant positive effects on the reading scores of students
with special needs.13 These results are supported by additional findings that charter
schools have the most positive impacts on black and Hispanic students, and the least positive impacts on white students.14
In fact, research has found some evidence of negative impacts on white students and non-poor Hispanic students in both math and reading compared to their peers in traditional public schools.13
In fact, research has found some evidence of negative impacts on white students and non-poor Hispanic students
in both math and reading compared to their peers in traditional public schools.13
in both math and reading compared to their
peers in traditional public schools.13
in traditional public schools.13 16
Nevada's charter
schools demonstrated the worst overall performance,
with charter students learning the equivalent of 108 fewer days
in reading and 137 fewer days
in math compared to their
traditional public school peers.
This is all part of the «
traditional» legal career path often pressed upon law students by their
schools and
peers: Trying to line up a job
with BigLaw, as
in - house counsel at a corporation, or
in the
public sector.