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Charter schools are more racially isolated than regular public schools in practically every state and large urban area in the United States, says a report released by the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Not exact matches

But while so many in the media and the glitterati are agog about charters, let's not forget that more than 95 percent of our students are in the regular public schools.

The policy group Save Our States, headed by former state GOP comptroller candidate Harry Wilson, reports that charters in public school buildings cost more than $ 3,000 less per student less than regular public schools.

An Independent Budget Office study suggested that charter schools actually get more overall aid than regular public schools when factoring in the free rent or subsidy they receive from the city.

A teachers» union survey of New York City public schools has shown that in mid-September nearly half of the city's schools had overcrowded classes and the number of overcrowded special education classes in regular schools had more than doubled.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

The study, «Leveraging Local Innovation: The Case of Michigan's Charter Schools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theSchools,» found that the schools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theschools have mostly seized on innovative practices already in use for years in regular public schools, rather than coming up with new ideas of theschools, rather than coming up with new ideas of their own.

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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.

In many of the metropolitan areas containing at least 20 charter schools, minority segregation was higher in charter schools than in the metro's regular public schoolIn many of the metropolitan areas containing at least 20 charter schools, minority segregation was higher in charter schools than in the metro's regular public schoolin charter schools than in the metro's regular public schoolin the metro's regular public schools.

A national study released today casts doubt on whether the academic performance of students in charter schools is any better than that of their peers in regular public schools.

On the NAEP exams in reading and mathematics, students in charter schools perform no better than those in regular public schools, whether one looks at black, Hispanic or low - income students, or students in urban districts.

An analysis by the Carroll County Public School District in Virginia shows that the 400 students in the virtual program there performed worse than the regular students in 19 of 26 categories on the state assessment test.

Arne Duncan thinks that magnet schools are the answer, yet there is absolutely no evidence that they succeed better than regular public school despite the inherit advantage of having students of parents interested enough in their children's education to enroll them in one.

As a union of more than 600,000 professionals, NYSUT proudly represents teachers in charter schools and regular public schools across New York State.

We have seen urban public schools successfully adopt many charter school «secrets,» including the nine - hour school day (e.g., United for Success Academies in Oakland); a rigorous, standard curriculum (e.g., the more than a dozen Chicago public schools that offer the International Baccalaureate); merit pay (e.g., the Washington, D.C., system); and the regular use of teacher video in professional development and evaluation (e.g., the Houston system, which was using video in this way as early as the 1980s).

A 2006 study by the Department of Education found that charter school fourth graders had lower scores in reading and math on the National Assessment of Education Progress, a federal achievement test, than their counterparts in regular public schools.

ONE OF THE long - standing misperceptions about charter schools is that they cherry - pick the better students from an area, resulting in higher test scores than in comparable regular public schools...

District school records show that charters also have better attendance and graduation rates than the regular public schools and that their teachers are more likely to fit the city's definition of «highly qualified,» meaning that they have expertise in what they are teaching.

Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsSchools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schoolsschools do.136

On average, a new federal study shows, charter schools are no better and in some cases worse than regular public schools, but KIPP's test scores show it to be a glaring exception to that general rule.

Most, however, offer a fairly traditional curriculum — more traditional, in many ways, than regular public schools.

Studies comparing student achievement in charter schools with that in regular public schools are difficult to do credibly, however, because students who apply and their families are presumably more motivated to succeed in school than those who remain in regular schools.

In some expensive cities like New York, however, KIPP is still spending less per student than regular public schools are.

But students who use vouchers or attend charter schools generally do no better academically than comparable students who remain in regular public schools.

More than two - thirds of charter students were found to perform better in reading and math and to have a significant achievement advantage over students in the nearest regular public school.

Hoxby quickly gathered data, and just a month after the AFT study grabbed headlines, her study, A Straightforward Comparison of Charter Schools and Regular Public Schools in the United States, is making news with findings showing that, on average, students in charter schools are 5 percent more likely to be proficient in reading and 3 percent more likely to be proficient in math than students at the closest public schools with similar racial compoSchools and Regular Public Schools in the United States, is making news with findings showing that, on average, students in charter schools are 5 percent more likely to be proficient in reading and 3 percent more likely to be proficient in math than students at the closest public schools with similar racial composPublic Schools in the United States, is making news with findings showing that, on average, students in charter schools are 5 percent more likely to be proficient in reading and 3 percent more likely to be proficient in math than students at the closest public schools with similar racial compoSchools in the United States, is making news with findings showing that, on average, students in charter schools are 5 percent more likely to be proficient in reading and 3 percent more likely to be proficient in math than students at the closest public schools with similar racial composchools are 5 percent more likely to be proficient in reading and 3 percent more likely to be proficient in math than students at the closest public schools with similar racial compospublic schools with similar racial composchools with similar racial composition.

In Arkansas, charter school students were 20 % more proficient on math tests and 19 % more proficient on reading tests than regular public school students.

In Illinois, charter school students were 21 % more proficient on their state math tests and 16 % more proficient on their state reading tests than their regular public school peers.

In many subject / grade combinations students in these subgroups in charter schools performed significantly better in 2011 than those in regular public schoolIn many subject / grade combinations students in these subgroups in charter schools performed significantly better in 2011 than those in regular public schoolin these subgroups in charter schools performed significantly better in 2011 than those in regular public schoolin charter schools performed significantly better in 2011 than those in regular public schoolin 2011 than those in regular public schoolin regular public schools.

A large - scale government - financed study has concluded that students in regular public schools do as well or significantly better in math than comparable students in private schools.

The study, by Christopher Lubianski and Sarah Theule Lubianski of the University of Illinois, compared fourth - and eighth - grade math scores of more than 340,000 students in 13,000 regular public, charter and private schools on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Although charter schools generally are more independent of their chartering authorities than regular public schools are of their districts, and are exempt from most of the state's regulations, they must participate in state testing and comply with federal laws.

And yet, «results,» or rather, academic improvement, act more like a fig leaf, especially in light of numerous recent studies that show charter schools, taken on the whole, actually do a worse job of educating students than regular public schools.

«The first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools and regular public schools shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools,» read the opening sentence.

First: The Times claims that the NAEP - based comparison «shows charter school students often doing worse than comparable students in regular public schools.»

Despite receiving millions in additional funds from CPS and private entities that regular public schools do not get access to, AUSL «results» are little better than — and in some cases lag behind — district averages.

The respected Stanford CREDO study in 2014 found that — nationally — neatly 40 % charters are worse than regular public schools, while fewer than 20 % are any better, and that mainly because they tend to be selective.

Studies show that teacher turnover is much higher in the largely non-unionized charter sector than in regular public schools.

Charter school operators, who are in the business because they believe they can do a better job of educating students than the regular public schools, argue they sought to bring the benefits of their schools to the students most in need.

Otherwise, students in regular public schools are effectively provided with less education funding than those in charter schools.»

As a «regular public school» teacher, I'm a lot better than the KIPP teachers I've observed (and I've observed in more than one KIPP school).

In regular public school schools, there were 182 kids expelled out of a student body of more than 353,000.

«The vast majority of charter schools get no better and no worse test - based results than comparable regular public schools,» Matthew Di Carlo, a senior fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute, wrote in a recent policy brief that examined a large body of charter - school research.

At KIPP, teachers make about $ 10,000 a year more than their regular public school counterparts, but they put in longer days, Saturday classes and summer school - all extra time and extra resources to lift students who begin KIPP below grade level.

Sometimes students in regular, old inner city public schools made more impressive gains than students in publicly funded but privately owned and managed charter schools, and sometimes students in charter schools did better.

In the 2007 - 08 school year, each campus had a higher proportion of students meeting or exceeding state standards in reading, mathematics, and science than students in the regular Chicago public schoolIn the 2007 - 08 school year, each campus had a higher proportion of students meeting or exceeding state standards in reading, mathematics, and science than students in the regular Chicago public schoolin reading, mathematics, and science than students in the regular Chicago public schoolin the regular Chicago public schools.

Similarly for students attending charter schools, those students generally do not have higher academic achievement than comparable students in regular public schools.

In virtually all instances, the charter students did worse than their counterparts in regular public schoolIn virtually all instances, the charter students did worse than their counterparts in regular public schoolin regular public schools.

Some charter schools show impressive academic gains for their students, but others perform the same as or in some cases worse than regular public schools.