Public charter participation rates, by comparison, show the share of students living within a public school boundary who
attend a public charter school anywhere in the city, and are highest in middle school grades.
Nationally, the report found that at least one in five students
now attends a public charter school in 43 communities across the country, up from 32 last year, and that 12 urban communities now enroll at least 30 percent of their public school students in charter schools, a jump from seven urban communities last year.
Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students
attending public charter schools nationwide has surpassed 2 million, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools reported today.
This is by any measure good news for the charter movement in Texas and even better for the 240,000 students
currently attending public charter schools in the state and the many more who are on various charter waiting lists.
As confirmation that proximity matters, at least 7 percent of elementary, middle, and high school students across the
city attend a public charter school located within their school boundary (see Figure 4).
About 35 percent of school boundary neighborhoods are «majority» charter, meaning that more than half of students living in a school boundary
attend a public charter school instead of the DCPS boundary school or a DCPS school from out - of - boundary.
For our analysis, we calculated public charter school participation rates for each in - boundary neighborhood, or the proportion of students living within an in - boundary neighborhood who
attend public charter schools anywhere in the city.
«This is a remarkable increase in the number and percentage of students
attending public charter schools nationwide, and that is a major success for the growth of the charter school movement,» Nina Rees, president and CEO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said in a press release.
Some 5 percent of US
children attended public charter schools in 2013 - 14, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, while less than 1 percent participate in private school choice programs.
«We are here today because every public school student deserves to be treated fairly, but right now that's not happening, said La'Quita Boles, a mother of two students who
attend public charter schools in Bridgeport.
William is worth just as much as Deputy Mayor Buery's son, and so are all of the kids who are still waiting to
attend public charter schools.
The 2018 Distance to School Report analyzes how far students travel to
attend public charter schools, including by students» demographics and grade levels and schools» locations, program offerings, and quality.
A Growing Movement: Americas Largest Charter School Communities, identifies communities with the highest enrollment share and largest number of students
attending public charter schools, as well as communities where charter school enrollment growth is the strongest.
As students in DC continue to
attend public charter schools — 44 % of all DC public school students in 2014 — judging the quality of the education programs becomes increasingly important.
In Milwaukee, we found that students
attending public charter schools and private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program outperform their public school peers on both the Forward Exam and by 7 percent on the ACT.
Studies now estimate that students
attending public charter schools in Buffalo are only getting 68 cents for every dollar spent on their peers in district public schools.
Thanks to growing parent interest and state laws encouraging charter school expansion, the number of students
attending public charter schools...
But Rep. Marcus Brandon (D - Guilford) asserted that the LGBT community is not a protected class in North Carolina, prompting the need for a previously passed amendment to the bill that drew on language from federal law that would have provided the necessary protections for LGBT students
attending public charter schools.
The table below shows that within every legislative district, Arizona students have access to and are
attending a public charter school.
In an earlier version, SB 793 was amended to offer protections against discrimination to gay students
attending public charter schools.
School Choice Options Continue To Grow In Popularity November 4, 2016 by Brett Kittredge Going back to 2000, we have seen the number of homeschoolers double and we have seen the number of students who
attend a public charter school or enroll in a private school choice program grow in even larger numbers.
About 15 percent of all Arizona students
attend a public charter school — one of the highest percentages of any state — and charters represent nearly 1 in 3 public schools in the state.
In the meantime, we wait, fingers crossed, expecting that someday soon the New York City children that
attend public charter schools are treated like equals in a system that has flaws aplenty, as well as advocates and passionate leaders willing to make a significant change.
I'm proud the 185,000 Arizona students
attending public charter schools are setting the pace in achievement.
Even more impressive: Consider that another 1 million students are on waiting lists nationwide to
attend a public charter school.
With one of the highest percentages of students
attending public charter schools, Arizona continues to be one of the fastest growing states in the charter school movement.
Around 44 percent of the District's public school students
attend a public charter school.
This includes public charter schools of every mission and type — we must advocate for students
attending public charter schools to receive equitable funding and help address the thousands of children on a waiting list to attend a public charter school.