«Based on the preponderance of evidence, as well as the fraud and mismanagement associated
with cyber charter schools, we strongly recommend that parents not enroll their children in virtual schools,» the report stated.
The argument is especially relevant in the discussions surrounding local versus national control of schooling, specifically in the growing practice of replacing local schools
with cyber charter schools.
Not exact matches
Its Education Week Research Center gathers authoritative data for the news organization's Counts reports and works in tandem
with the Education Week newsroom on «data journalism» projects around such issues as corporal punishment,
school policing, and
cyber charter schools.
A specific example of shortcomings of a high - enrollment
cyber charter school is shown through many of the failed
schools affiliated
with national
cyber charter company K12 Inc..
Brian Hayden, CEO of Pennsylvania
Cyber Charter School, the state's largest cyber charter school with about 9,170 students, said he finds the proposal conc
Charter School, the state's largest cyber charter school with about 9,170 students, said he finds the proposal conce
School, the state's largest
cyber charter school with about 9,170 students, said he finds the proposal conc
charter school with about 9,170 students, said he finds the proposal conce
school with about 9,170 students, said he finds the proposal concerning.
This research is consistent
with others that examine the academic outcomes of
cyber charter schools.
Our research, along
with a body of academic work, suggests that the public should be concerned about an expansion of the
cyber charter schooling model.
«The big thing we're looking to find out is why there are so many gaps in accountability
with public
schools,
with charter schools and
cyber charters,» Eugene DePasquale says.
Agora students» improvement on test scores is «competitive
with other Pennsylvania
cyber charter schools,» K12 said.
With a
cyber school, Whitmore Lake wouldn't have to worry about a nearby
charter school stealing away their own kids.