When combined with advantages of more money, more time, constant test prep, self-selecting parents, dumping of poor performers and recalcitrants, fewer ELLs, fewer SPED students, and fewer boys, charters continue to show a mixed picture, depending on locale. The highlights below:
Charter management companies in Philadelphia are crowing that this "study" is proof that charters out perform public schools.
ReplyDeleteStanford study: Philly charter schools benefit poor students of color
http://goo.gl/MhZtSO
Proof of what Jim says about the inequity of funding and support for public schools vs. charters, is this story which is causing much outrage about this in Philadelphia:
In cash-strapped School District, a hidden treasure trove of books
http://goo.gl/Yux4vg
Warehoused books spur a world of comment
http://goo.gl/4AvVFD
I commented on this manipulation of information about charter schools in Philadelphia a few months ago on my blog:
Mark Gleason Turns "Dump the Losers" into a Pseudoscience
http://www.defendpubliceducation.net/turning-dump-the-losers-into-a/