Charter schools receive less public funding
than traditional district schools which requires us to raise funds from private sources to provide a robust and well - rounded college - preparatory education.
A disproportionate share of low - income and minority children are enrolled in charter schools and a recent study by CREDO found that charter schools do a better job educating low - income and minority
children than traditional district schools.
This is the fifth time in as many months that state oversight officials have taken some kind of disciplinary action against virtual schools — which some research has shown perform markedly worse
academically than traditional district schools.
New York City charter schools continued to receive less
money than traditional district schools in the 2014 - 2015 school year, and funding divides are still growing, according to a report released Thursday by the Independent Budget Office.
At least in the charter sector, the idea was also to create new schools from scratch, to be designed with Lamar Alexander's horse trade in mind: they would have far greater
autonomy than traditional district schools but would also face serious accountability.
It alleges that a review of the research on charter schools leads to the conclusions that, overall, charter schools: 1) fail to raise student achievement more
than traditional district schools do; 2) aren't innovative and don't pass innovations along to district schools; 3) exacerbate the racial and ethnic isolation of students; 4) provide a worse environment for teachers than district schools; and 5) spend more on administration and less on instruction than public schools.
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).
Well, it seems clear that charters spend less
than traditional district schools, or at least do not spend any more (on average).
Of course, that sets O'Farrell up for one of the biggest criticisms against charter schools — that they suspend or expel kids at higher rates
than traditional district schools.