[28] Amazingly, charters, which were supposed to have greater freedom and autonomy, now seem to have more burdensome regulations to meet
than their traditional school counterparts.
Nationally, many charter school networks have higher rates of teacher and administrator turnover
than their traditional school counterparts.
They continue to deliver a higher percentage of college - ready graduates
than their traditional school counterparts, regardless of family income.
According to Nordstrom's report, charter schools statewide receive about $ 215 more in local spending per student
than their traditional school counterparts, although the funding amount varies depending on the district.
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.
Kevin Booker and his colleagues («The Unknown World of Charter High
Schools,» research) find that such schools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to c
Schools,» research) find that such
schools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to c
schools in Florida and Chicago do better
than their
traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to college.
Bluntly put, do students in charter
schools learn more
than their
counterparts in
traditional public
schools?
Sixty percent of the charter
schools studied performed worse
than their
traditional public
school counterparts.
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.
A recent study of virtual
schools in Pennsylvania conducted by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University revealed that students in online
schools performed significantly worse
than their
traditional counterparts.
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.
, found that for every charter performing better
than the
traditional public
schools in its area, there are two charters either at or below or the performance of their public
school counterparts.
On average, charter
schools enroll fewer students with disabilities
than their
traditional counterparts and the sector has not generally invested adequate resources to develop exemplary programs for students with disabilities.
Charter
schools are not a magic bullet to success, and detractors like to point out how many charters don't boast test scores all that higher
than their
traditional public
school counterparts.
More often
than not, these charter
schools in predominantly minority neighborhoods are higher - performing
than their
traditional counterparts.
In Holt, Michigan, where two
schools open early, students «are learning the current year's content quicker
than their
counterparts on the
traditional calendar,» Superintendent David Hornak told the News.
Students in publicly funded and independently managed online charters across the country made far less progress
than their
counterparts in
traditional public
schools.
For example, the NAEP data reveal that charter fourth - graders in California and Arizona, representing fully a third of all charter
schools, do better
than their
traditional public
school counterparts in reading performance.
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.
Fact 6: While charter
schools are predominantly located in urban areas, charter
schools, on average, are more racially / ethnically diverse *
than their
traditional district
school counterparts (comparative districts).
A 2011 study of Pennsylvania cyber
schools found that students in online charter
schools performed worse in most measures
than their
counterparts who spent their days in
traditional classrooms.
In its first analysis of LA Unified
schools, Stanford University found that the typical student in a charter
school made greater academic gains
than a
counterpart in a
traditional school.
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.
There is also a dearth of training programs specifically geared toward charter leaders, who tend to have more responsibilities
than their
counterparts in
traditional public
schools.
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.
It found that the majority of students who attend virtual charter
schools are low - achieving; they are also more likely to be designated as special education and more likely to have repeated a prior grade
than their
traditional brick - and - mortar
school counterparts.
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.
Though discrepancies from the pay scale are frequent, it lets some Franklin teachers top out at salary levels higher
than are available to their
counterparts in
traditional Orleans public
schools.
The charter students in Detroit gain over three months per year more
than their
counterparts at
traditional public
schools.»
While staff turnover was much higher for charter teachers overall, elementary charter teachers under the age of 30 were less likely to move
than their
counterparts in
traditional elementary
schools in Los Angeles.
In a report on
school safety released last October, Eden reached the conclusion that New York City's charter
schools were «safer»
than traditional district
counterparts not by comparing raw data from the Big Apple's
school climate survey or even using more - objective data such as incident reports over a period of several years.
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.
Most charters, at least here in Pennsylvania, receive considerably fewer dollars per student
than their
traditional public
school counterparts.
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.
Stanford's Center for Research on Education Outcomes, or CREDO, found that students at online charter
schools saw dramatically worse outcomes
than their
counterparts at
traditional, brick - and - mortar
schools.
Statewide, charter
schools receive roughly 25 % less funding per student
than their
traditional district
school counterparts.
Arizona charter
school students perform better
than their
traditional counterparts.
In Buffalo for example, charter
schools receive roughly 40 % less
than their
traditional district
school counterparts.
Voucher supporters, comfortable that private
schools do not deliver greater learning gains or test scores
than their
traditional counterparts, claim that vouchers are cheaper and better for business.