Following several years of significant changes lawmakers have enacted to make it easier for charter schools to set up shop in the state, last week members of the House and Senate approved legislation that would also make charter schools, which are public, able to operate in ways that are less accountable to the
public than their traditional public school counterparts.
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.
While the report recognized a robust national demand for more charter schools from parents and local communities, it found that 17 percent of charter schools reported academic gains that were significantly better than traditional public schools, while 37 percent of charter schools showed gains that were
worse than their traditional public school counterparts, with 46 percent of charter schools demonstrating no significant difference.
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.
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.