Comparing Student Attrition Rates at Charter Schools
with Nearby Traditional Public Schools.
Not exact matches
To answer this question we examine whether the annual changes in performance made by
traditional public schools during this period were more positive in
schools with charter
schools nearby than in
schools not facing charter
school competition.
Our analysis of competitive effects therefore investigates whether the effect of charter
schools on
traditional public schools varies
with the number of
nearby charter
schools as well as
with the distance to the nearest charter.
Salcido partnered
with the principals at two
nearby traditional schools and the leaders of national and local organizations to create the D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative, hoping to transform the four
public schools there.