Sentences with phrase «relatively small charter schools»

Scaling any of these changes from relatively small charter schools systems up to a public school system would be challenging, but innovation often starts small.

Not exact matches

Charter school attendance also appears to have a modest positive effect on reading scores, though this estimate falls short of statistical significance due to the relatively small number of students in our lottery sample.

Although we knew from the outset that charter schools would serve only a relatively small part of our overall population — probably less than 10 percent — we expected they would have a significant impact nonetheless.

The data thus show that though most charter schools are small — and their numbers are relatively few — they serve the great racial and economic diversity of students that make up public education.

The movie Waiting for Superman chronicles the role of chance in determining the fate of a relatively small number of families trying to enroll their children in oversubscribed charter schools.

But if the spillover effects of urban charter schools on district schools are confined to relatively small neighborhoods, then findings from prior analyses may well be underestimates.

«The charter school industry has targeted our relatively small urban district with an over-saturation of charters that causes a financial drain, without concern for the impact on the majority of students who will continue to attend the public schools.»

The two major weaknesses of the law include a cap of no more than 40 charter schools during the initial five years of the law and a relatively small number of provisions for supporting charters» facilities needs.

It is important to note, however, that the sample sizes for charter and private high schools are relatively smaller than those for public non-charter schools.

Given the relatively small number of students moving back and forth between charter schools and district - managed schools, it is unlikely these students would have a large impact on the overall graduation rate.

While the gap among special education students was far smaller — 17 percent for charter schools and 21 percent for the district — Stutman contended that charter schools have relatively few students with serious disabilities.

This was particularly so for a relatively small group of «affiliated charters,» which are unionized, district - run schools that operate with some degree of autonomy.