Most charters, at least here in Pennsylvania, receive considerably fewer dollars per
student than their traditional public school counterparts.
Not exact matches
For example, a 2010 report by UCLA's Civil Rights Project found that black charter
school students were twice as likely to attend
schools that enrolled fewer
than 10 percent non-minority
students as their
counterparts in
traditional public schools.
Our new findings demonstrate that, while segregation for blacks among all
public schools has been increasing for nearly two decades, black
students in charter
schools are far more likely
than their
traditional public school counterparts to be educated in intensely segregated settings.
In Chicago,
students who attended a charter high
school were 7 percentage points more likely to earn a regular high
school diploma
than their
counterparts with similar characteristics who attended a
traditional public high
school.
Bluntly put, do
students in charter
schools learn more
than their
counterparts in
traditional public schools?
Based on the findings presented here, the typical
student in Michigan charter
schools gains more learning in a year
than his [
traditional public school (TPS)-RSB-
counterparts, amounting to about two months of additional gains in reading and math.
In general, charter
schools that serve low - income and minority
students in urban areas are doing a better job
than their
traditional public -
school counterparts in raising
student achievement, whereas that is not true of charter
schools in suburban areas.
The study of charter
schools in 15 states and the District of Columbia found that, nationally, only 17 % of charter
schools do better academically
than their
traditional counterparts, and more
than a third «deliver learning results that are significantly worse
than their
student [s] would have realized had they remained in
traditional public schools.»
In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the
public's desire for more high quality
public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter
school students being funded at lower levels
than their
traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter
school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.
Students in publicly funded and independently managed online charters across the country made far less progress
than their
counterparts in
traditional public schools.
Studies are showing, for example, that black
students in charter
schools are more likely
than their
counterparts in
traditional public schools to be educated in an intensely segregated setting.
CREDO found that, on average,
students in New Jersey charter
schools are making greater gains in both reading and math
than their
counterparts in
traditional public schools.
The case alleges the way the state funds charter
schools is unconstitutional because less money is allocated per
student than to their
traditional public school counterparts.
The charter
students in Detroit gain over three months per year more
than their
counterparts at
traditional public schools.»
The report found poor oversight when it came to ensuring accurate
student attendance, dramatically lower test scores
than their
traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology.
Poor oversight when it comes to ensuring accurate
student attendance, dramatically lower test scores
than their
traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology were only some of problems the report found with CAVA and were echoed by Golovich, who was not involved in the compilation of the study.