Backers of these reforms are particularly enamored of a new
type of charter school represented by the Rocketship chain of schools — a low - budget operation that relies on young and inexperienced teachers rather than more veteran and expensive faculty, that reduces the curriculum to a near - exclusive focus on reading and math, and that replaces teachers with online learning and digital applications for a significant portion of the day.
Charter schools also moved the needle on student growth and represented 19 of the top 20 public high schools for academic growth, and an elementary charter school led the city with the largest math and reading growth among all school types, achieving eighty and ninety percent growth respec
Charter schools also moved the needle on student growth and
represented 19
of the top 20 public high
schools for academic growth, and an elementary
charter school led the city with the largest math and reading growth among all school types, achieving eighty and ninety percent growth respec
charter school led the city with the largest math and reading growth among all
school types, achieving eighty and ninety percent growth respectively.
CCSA developed an Accountability Framework to guide this work in 2009, working closely with over 20 technical experts and researchers and CCSA's Member Council, which consists
of charter school leaders
representing every region
of California and diverse
school types.